Every so often you'll see a car on the highway that is emitting blue smoke from its exhaust pipe and while you may dismiss it when it's someone else's vehicle, if it happens on your car it can be indicative of a serious problem. Blue smoke often means that your engine is burning oil and you will have to get it fixed.<\/p>\n
The fact that your car is burning oil essentially means that the engine is worn down, in particular its valves and piston rings. According to Yahoo! Auto, a car that is emitting blue smoke is burning about a quart of oil every 500 miles or so. A healthy car usually burns one quart around every 1,500 miles. If the problem goes untreated it will cause buildup near the spark plugs, causing them not to fire.<\/p>\n
Depending on how old your car is, if you find it's burning oil, the cost to fix the engine may not be worth it. Instead, the best way to avoid such a fate is to get regular maintenance to ensure that your car lasts as long as possible.<\/p>\n
Many people appear to have taken that into consideration. Rebecca Lindland,the director of strategic review at IHS Automotive, recently told Bloomberg Radio that the average age of a car on the road today is 10.7 years and that most motorists are easily driving their vehicles past the 100,000 mile mark.<\/p>\n