Blue smoke 2000 Maxima

After highway driving, stopping for a while, then cranking the engine, the car generates a cloud of blue smoke. Is it likely the valve guides?

Background: bought it used. Lease car. No oil change first 40,000 miles. Sludge, flushed 3 times, runs great, uses a quart aprox 1000 miles. Blue smoke very annoying.

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ron
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Oil control rings are sticking is much more likely. Compression test won't show this either. Either one is going to be VERY expencive to fix, used engine will be much cheaper than trying to fix it.

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Steve T

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Bitsbucket

I have a 2000 Maxima 3,0 liter V6 stock engine that needs to be replaces. Can you tell me what year/model engines will bolt up without any modificaton?

Will the 2003 3.5Liter fit /swap?

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ron

Might be only that year, especially if you are planning on a used engine with all the manifolds etc. The junkyard will have a "interchange book" that will show what fits and what doesn't.

With enough money it will. Easily, no.

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Steve T

You could put in a 2001 engine, there were no serious changes between those

2 model years. I've seen 00-01 engines pop up on ebay for less than $1,000 with low miles.
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Dave Stone

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