its a new motor and only has about 30 miles on it. I have not brought it past 4k but i get whie smoke out of my exhaust untill it warms up. I have already done 1 oil change and on that i changed it to full synthetic. Any input would be great appreciated.

DUDE your put synthetic oil in a motor with only 30 miles?? Your not suppose to switch to full synthetic untill about 1500 miles. The synthetic oil doesn't allow the motor to create enough friction to wear in the parts. I would take that shit out ASAP.

last time i get advise from a guy at advance auto. FUCK ME!

From all the years my buddies and i personally have found out that most of the people that work there don't know too much about cars or anything.


Your best bet would be next time sign onto 2gnt.com and ask :)



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It doesn't matter a whole lot. The Cadillac SLR uses full synthetic from break-in forward. It might just be seeping past the valve stem seals. Change to normal oil and run it a couple hundred miles.

Originally posted by ramsey95ESi
From all the years my buddies and i personally have found out that most of the people that work there don't know too much about cars or anything. Your best bet would be next time sign onto 2gnt.com and ask :) 2gnt (period)

yes i came to this conclusion about 2 months ago well 2 months to late lol i love this site now. and as for freelancefool im doing that tommrow went out and bought the oil tonight. im glad my synthetic was buy 1 get 1 free lol

Originally posted by 97gseclipsedude

Originally posted by ramsey95ESi From all the years my buddies and i personally have found out that most of the people that work there don't know too much about cars or anything. Your best bet would be next time sign onto 2gnt.com and ask :) 2gnt (period)

yes i came to this conclusion about 2 months ago well 2 months to late lol i love this site now. and as for freelancefool im doing that tommrow went out and bought the oil tonight. im glad my synthetic was buy 1 get 1 free lol

I recommend you using Lucas Oil Stablizer also with the cheapy oil it helps.

Another bad thing about AdvanceAuto is that they only hire, people they know. Don't know jack, they give people wrong parts all the time.

Its better to write the part number down on paper yourself least you know you're getting the right part.

they can never find parts for an eclipse i always gotta have them look up talon parts lol and when that fails i get to bend over and go to the dealer :(

I know your pain.


Fuck auto parts stores. Advanced is forever ordering me the wrong shit. I bought a new thermostat and gasket, just waiting on a good day to refresh my coolant system. Watch it be the wrong f-ing part again.

Half the time, the dealership doesn't know shit either. I told them i needed 2.1 quarts of oil in my transmission and dude tried to argue with me saying i needed 2.5 and then they couldn't find the part number on the bottle to ring it up. I pointed to it. "that's not it"

"yes it is"

"no, i dont think it is"

Guy made a phonecall to figure out where the inventory cat was, pulled it up and sure enough, i was right.

A guy commented on my car and another's car who was in the shop. 3000gt with a primmer paintjob. He was like, "look at that. You dont want that. It looks like he spraypainted it."

I responed with "I spraypainted my car EXACTLY like that."

Then he tried to sell me an 08 eclipse convertible and said he'd accept a trade in on mine as a down payment.....




Dont believe everything you hear. Most of the "car" people i talk to are really, really dumb. Then again, i was the one who left a toolbox under the car yesterday after i got done putting lowering springs and shocks on wondering why in the hell i can still fit my fist between the fender and the tire. :)

back on topic, is it cold outside when are you getting this white smoke?

its about 50 out and its thick when i first start it

mine smoked when i first put my "new" (93000) mile engine in. of course it was like 30 degrees when i first started it, and it smoked like a mofo but just i just let it run awhile and now its all good!

some smoke when its cold is normal as long as it goes away when it warms up. you could have bad valve stem seals possibly though ?

How hard are the valve stem seals to change?

its pretty easy if you have the proper tool. I use a big C-clamp style valve spring compressor. took 30 mins to change.

Doesn't matter about oil on break-in. From what I read, people don't advise using synthetic at first because you are just going to drain it out soon anyway so get as cheap of oil as you can to save money.