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Originally Posted by mircea1
I WAS DRIVING MY BMW X5 AND ABOUT 2 MILES INTO DRIVIND THE CAR STARTED TO SMOKE AND STOPPED, I HAD NO WARNING SIGNS NO CHECK ENGINE. THE BACK PIPES HAD OIL ON IT, BUT THE CAR IS NOT LOSING ANY OIL? I TOWED THE CAR HOME AND I TRY TO START THE CAR IT STARTED TO MY SURPRISE, I LET THE CAR RUN IN THE GARAGE FOR 45 MINUTES I HAD LOT AND LOTS OF SMOKE WITH A VERY BAD SMELL. AFTER A WHILE THE SMOKE WASN;T SO BAD AND TODAY I AM DRIVING THE CAR AND IT RUN NORMAL. ANYBODY KNOW WHAT HAPPEN? PLEASE I NEED HELP I JUST PURCHASE THE CAR 1 MONTH AGO? IS IT OK TO DRIVE THE CAR?
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Pop the hood first of all..Secondly look right at your valve cover gasket. I gauruntee its leaking. Third, get the VCG replaced immediately. And have your Oil seperator looked at and probably replaced with all the necessary hoses as well. This is the infamous repeat story of the oil seperator. Search if you want to read more...
And of course..yes, stop driving it until you get at least the VCG replaced. Then get the seperator replaced asap.