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ravincroft89
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Sep 28, 2010, 10:06 PM

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My 1995 Buick LeSabre is smoking from the back of the engine (Not alot of smoke though though it seems to stop after a while) and I have been told by from the previous owner, who was a mechanic, that it was something to do with the valve gaskett cover. He said all I would have to do is tighten the bolts or replace the part that goes inside. I am not completely sure that its going to fix it. The car runs and drives nice other than that. I also have to replace the A/C Heater Control Module. It has alot of miles, it is around, 230K. My grandpa said that if the car was properly taken care of it should be ok, but I am not sure that it was. The engine looks clean, but he could have just pressure washed it.

Sidom
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Sep 30, 2010, 7:39 PM

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Well it sounds like it might not be too serious of a problem

What you are going to have to do is track down the oil leak & fix it..... If it's something as simple a leak on the exhaust, just inspect the pipe and there should be some residue for the burning on the pipe.

I would suggest replacing whatever gasket or seal is leaking. A lot of times if you tighten a bolt down, you are overtorquing it and wind up splitting the gasket and make the leak even worse.............

GKOO
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Oct 8, 2010, 9:07 PM

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TIGHTENING THE BOLTS WILL MAKE IT LEAK WORSE. WASH THE MOTOR THEN RUN IT FOR A SHORT TIME AND TRY TO FIND THE LEAK. I USE A VIOLITE SYSTEM BUT THE DIE IS HIGH

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