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shocker
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I need major help

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I need help. When my car is cold there is no problem. But as it gets hotter it starts to smoke more and more, but only when i take off in first gear. I figure if i blew my head gasket it would blow all the time. Anyone have any ideas?
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If your head gasket is blown, which doesn't seem to happen a lot on K-series engines, you will have oil in your coolant and white smoke coming from your exhaust.

What color is the smoke? If it's blue, perhaps you're burning oil under acceleration.
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its blue so im burning oil somewhere, but only in first and only when i start out. this is ****ed it just started happening and i have to drive back to school tonite and i dont want it to quit on me.
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Blue smoke is not a good sign.. You might wanna get it checked.. Could be your vavle seals..
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It won't die on you if you keep the oil up. It doesn't take much oil to make a lot of smoke either, so you may not be using much at all. I drove an MX-6 I had that burnt oil for a good 40k miles. The motor all ways ran great. It just blew a lot of smoke.

It most likely is your valve seals. Thats what seems to go on these engines.
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