1998 Pontiac Grand Prix Burning oil

Tiny
THOMAS98
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  • 1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 157,000 MILES
I have 157,000 miles on my car. Lately it has been burning oil and leaking coolant. I just replaced my head gaskets and my engine light never goes off or anything. Just after running for a long time it burns iol or something. I got smoke and a bad smell one time after driving a hour to a friends. What do I do to fix this problem.
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 AT 3:16 AM

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Tiny
MMPRINCE4000
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You can pressurize the cooling system looking for the coolant leak (radiator, hose etc).

You can have a dye put into the engine oil and run it for 50 miles or so and inspect it with a UV light to isolate the leak.
If you smell oil burning, you would want to get it fixed ASAP, you do not want an oil fire in the engine compartment.
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008 AT 8:03 AM

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