Q: burning oil

asked by on November 18, 2016

Suzuki Vitara 2.0 v6 1997. About five years my car burns and consumes lots of oil and idling rough(1.6RPM on working temperature). The smoke is white to blue, no coolant consumption or leaks around. Many mechanics would say to change the engine. Accidently when checking the oil level I forgot to put back the deep stick. After few miles it stopped burning oil allmost at all but still rough idling. Any idea what would be the reason for this, can we exclude expensive repair? Thanks a lot

My car has 100000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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