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Hi folks,
I have problems with my Picanto TA from 2012 as the title says. I do not drive long distances, mostly less than 50 km a day and not even every day. One day I noticed a grey-blue smoke when starting the engine after some time (it does not happen every time, only after ~1 day of staying idle), then acceleration issues appeared. As I later found out, when the oil level becomes low enough, sometimes even though I try to accelerate, it just does not happen, the car does not accelerate at all. After switching gears (it does not matter whether into lower or higher) acceleration returns to normal. Also important to mention that the car uses too much oil. I have to refill it after less then 500 km.
I do not have any guarantee left so I took the car to a non-Kia mechanic who said that the engine oil is leaking into the catalytic converter which then burns the oil, hence the smoke and the acceleration issues. He told me that he would have to take the whole engine apart to find what causes the issue and that it is probably not worth it (sigh), so here I am.
Did someone encounter something similar to this set of issues or could help me in any way?
EDITED: the smoke is not grey-white but grey-blue, the car has no turbo.
I have problems with my Picanto TA from 2012 as the title says. I do not drive long distances, mostly less than 50 km a day and not even every day. One day I noticed a grey-blue smoke when starting the engine after some time (it does not happen every time, only after ~1 day of staying idle), then acceleration issues appeared. As I later found out, when the oil level becomes low enough, sometimes even though I try to accelerate, it just does not happen, the car does not accelerate at all. After switching gears (it does not matter whether into lower or higher) acceleration returns to normal. Also important to mention that the car uses too much oil. I have to refill it after less then 500 km.
I do not have any guarantee left so I took the car to a non-Kia mechanic who said that the engine oil is leaking into the catalytic converter which then burns the oil, hence the smoke and the acceleration issues. He told me that he would have to take the whole engine apart to find what causes the issue and that it is probably not worth it (sigh), so here I am.
Did someone encounter something similar to this set of issues or could help me in any way?
EDITED: the smoke is not grey-white but grey-blue, the car has no turbo.