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If it is your head gasket then whether or not to take it to a shop or do it yourself depends entirely on how confident you are as a mechanic and how solid your knowledge of the workings of a combustion engine is. Have you ever taken an engine apart before? IMHO the hardest part of that fix will...

Update: I took it for a decent test drive and didn't notice any smoke from the tailpipes (although it's hard to tell when it's behind you and you're going 90 kph). Watched the pipes at the end of the ride and didn't see any smoke, so maybe it was just some oil in the exhaust that needed a good...

I've got the same issue, but my situation is slightly more complicated. It all begins last Thursday when I decided to pop out the cam chain tensioner to check how smooth its operation was (typical cam chain sound problem). I also decided to pop the cover off the cam chain housing to have a look...