Light to Medium White smoke for about 40 secs on cold start in the morning or when the engine cold

[Agustin Alfonso Cesar Charles]

Yes, after googling it says that I may have a cracked or leaking head gasket. But I haven

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[Agustin Alfonso Cesar Charles]

Well, to tell you the truth the very old owners manual says that optimun would be 15W40, but in hot weater 20W50 would fine. The average temp would be around from 68

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^If you buy a big brand name, whatever is available locally, then you should be just fine. A Used Oil Analysis or a Virgin Oil Analysis(on the new stuff) would confirm any suspicions. I don’t have any information on your vehicle.

It IS normal for the oil level to go down over the course of time on a Japanese car like a Honda. I don’t know about Suzuki history/engines, relative to oil consumption either. My Civic goes through 1 quart every 4,000 miles or so. Changing oil brands can sometimes spike oil consumption. That is considered normal, using too thick of an oil simply to not have the level drop is an incorrect ‘fix’. You should check the dipstick and keep oil at the ‘full’ mark if possible. Start by checking the oil while re-fueling.

You are probably using too thick of an oil @ 20w-50. Try a Euro spe’d 10w-40 or even 0w-40. Their operating temp performance is the same, just less wear on startup from an overly thick oil. That said, I don’t know the brands locally to you and how good their synthetic is. If you are buying conventional that’s another story. The choices for that is more limited.

If it were me I’d try to find some Mobil1 0w-40 or a HDEO(heavy duty engine oil), for driving locally here if it really needed at least a 40 multi-grade. The summer here sounds about like what you just mentioned. Sometimes it gets to 100, but stays in the low-mid 90s on ‘hot’ summers, very mild summers hovers around 90 more. As cool as 60s at night.

Find out if there is a lab that performs oil sampling near you. Ask for pricing, you want Total Base Number included in the analysis. Typically just 3 ounces or so need to be mailed/shipped in a sealed container put in a tightly packed box so no leaks. See if anyone online has a website for oil sample testing(used oil analysis) in your country.

[Agustin Alfonso Cesar Charles]

UPDATE:

Did the oil change (and actually what is actually sold here is 10W40, 20W50, 25W60, nothing else; but in any brand you can imagine), and the smoke is GOOOOONE LOL 🙂

Did a round trip test, 5 hours total, average speed of 120 o 140 Km/h, average engine rpm 3.5K to 4.5K and super nock on wood, rock solid. Since it was on highway (yes those speed are the normal average here, even 160 Km/h but that

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