2001 audi a6 started to tick in the motor smoking out the exchust it is a light blue smoke smells like oil car still runs strong and sounds good what do you think went bad

Asked by geprge01 Mar 09, 2015 at 09:31 AM about the 2001 Audi A6 2.7T quattro Sedan AWD

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i check the oil it was down maybe a little more than a half a quart fill it up not ticking no more but still smoking

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is the oil level any lower than it was b4 it might be burning oil and if you are not careful you will run your engine out of oil and blow your head gasket

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