Laine D
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So I have an 86’ 6.9 turbo. It supposedly has 185k on it. It sat for 10 years only bring ran like 4 times just to move it out of the way so they could move tractors and such. The previous owners told me that it never smoked before. Not one bit. Now, it obviously does smoke and I hate it. I drive a couple miles to school and back every week and around town. I think it uses about a quart of oil every 50 miles. What’s weird is that when I’m going down the road it doesn’t smoke. But at idle at a stop sign it will start to and then especially when I take off after idling. It’s almost like I need to clear it out. It runs really really good so it’s hard for me to think it’s the rings especially because it never smoked before. Now I’m wondering if it could be the valve stem seals? I sure hope so. Could they have cracked or something? When the truck is cold it doesn’t smoke as much, actually not really any. I think that’s because all the seals haven’t expanded because of the cold temperature? Please help somebody I want my truck to be happy again