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Car dies after warm up. Oil on plugs

Tiny
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  • 1985 BUICK CENTURY
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 130,000 MILES
1985 Buick century limited with 2.5 4 cylender dies after 10 minutes or so. Found oil on spark plugs after last time car died. Oil was on #1&2 plugs. Please help
Monday, March 21st, 2011 AT 12:53 AM

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Tiny
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Oil on plugs blue smoke should be emitting out of the exhaust. Could be caused by valves/rings/cylinder wear-Do an engine compression and cylinder leakdown test to identify what's causing it-
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