Thread: SC 3800 series 3 Burning Oil

My Grand Prix GTP has 177,000 miles on it and is burning oil. When I stop driving there is smoke/steam coming out of the dipstick and oil cover. It only needs a top off of oil every couple weeks so its not too severe, but the smoke scares me. I havent noticed any blue exhaust, so I was wondering if this issue could be as simple as a pcv valve? Please help I love my murdered out grand prix and I don't want to get rid of it due to a blown engine or costly fixes.

Thanks,
Sam

I've had the same thing happen, in my case, I was intercooled at the time, and one or both of the pcv passages on the intercooler was plugged with the rtv I used to seal the intercooler to the supercharger and lower intake manifold. I would expect something to have malfunctioned with your pcv system like your pcv valve.

So you think it could be as simple as a 10$ pcv valve that I would just need to replace?

it's possible

Okay so when I took off my supercharger cover to take a look at the pcv valve, I noticed a cylinder type thing on top of the cap?

the pcv valve sits down inside the supercharger with a spring on top of it with 1 or 2 o rings. I think I used a pair of needle nose pliers to get the valve out.