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    Volvo 850R Startup White smoke?

    Just wondered, when I start the car from cold I get a nice plume of white smoke from the silencer and a sort of oily smell..Then after the initial start nothing brilliant no smoke no oily smell.
    Ought I be worried at all
    Or.."They all do that Sir!"

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    Well I had white smoke today and plenty of it and now think I have hgf! Start checking over your engine lol

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    Still more fettling needed,
    will it never end?
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    On start up it's usually valve stem oil seals.


 

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