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There is an inherent issue which needs to be addressed and besides being a temporary fix I don't believe its the right one for long term ownership.
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I figure since it works perfectly, that adding 25 dollars to each oil change to make it, and me, happy, is a good trade off. Actually, its not really adding 25 dollars now that I think about; probably about 10 or 15 dollars since I'm replacing 3 quarts.
The inherent problem is the valve guide/seal design, and the 164,000 miles on a car that has problem seen alot of 100% throttle. This is my plug for Lucas; I run it in all my cars now: 2006 X5 4.8 2008 X5 3.0 1994 Ford Lightning 11 sec Eagle Talon AWD 1972 Ford LTD Convertible
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Can an oil leak be the core issue also? and the crank case pressure is off due to this leak?
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No oil leaks that I'm aware of. Just plain old worn valve seals. The CCV is fine with the occasional cleaning out of the peanut butter. I thought that was the original fix and it didn't do anything for the smoking.
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Lovely, lovely- this afternoon I had an extended idle (~15 mins), and when I drove off there was a huge plume of blue smoke. Arrggh, now onto the next never ending headache
![]() Any one know of a tech in the Pugent Sound area (Seattle and environs) who does the n62 valve stem seals repair on the side using this technique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YacOx2ydMbI ? '05 4.4 sports 112K miles.
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BTW, sent you a PM with a shop recommendation. ![]()
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Curious as well since mine starts to smoke after a 15min idle. I'm not sure I could bring myself to put stop leak in... but you never know. Would save about a grand and 40 hours of time.
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I hope I don't duplicate here. I fat-fingered the keyboard and lost my reply.
I have 195,000 miles now and no smoke, ever. not even a puff. I starting putting in Lucas around 165,000, right after I bought it. 10 or 12,000 mile oil changes and consumption is down to probably a quart every 4 or 5000 miles. But, my X5 is DRIVEN.... and runs perfect. For the Naysayers... Why would anyone not use Lucas to fix this problem? Has someone had a bad experience with it? Is someone more experienced with piston engines than Lucas automotive products and be able to explain why its not a good idea? Why would Lucas "Oil" break a BMW engine but none of my Fords?
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