Hi all. I have a 92 NT FWD.

I noticed blueish smoke coming from my exhaust, and it's constant...after a while. I park inside a garage, and in the morning i don't notice any smoke, but later as i'm driving and stuck in traffic, i can see the smoke floating around the car. I know it was coming from my car as i stepped out to check.

I had an oil change recently, and after 3 weeks the oil went down to the lowest marks on the dip stick. I placed newspapers on the ground of the garage, but I don't see any oil puddles.

I got advice from a couple shops saying first check the compression. They said could be valve cover, valve gasket, valve stem, or cylinder ring. They say the cylinder ring would be the worst as it would cost $2000 or so to fix. Noooooo!! Can somebody offer some further advice??

If you're getting blue smoke from your exhaust it's definitely not an external engine oil leak.

Either your rings or your valve seals are shot.

It sounds like your rings. If it was stem seals, it would smoke alot on first start up

2 grand... i dont think so.
rings = $130
Valve seals = $3 each.
head gasket = $70

Yeah, but what about labour? That's what usually drives the price up.

As for $2000.00 though, that is definitely on the high side considering you can get an entire engine for about $1500.00.

hey guys thanks for the advice. I'm going to the shop today. Seems the consensus is it's either the valve stem seals or cylinder ring. I'll get a few quotes on pricing and post it so you can tell me if it's a good price or not.