I am looking at a 95 Q45 that gives a puff (small cloud) of blue smoke on startup, after it has run, it won't do it the rest of the day. I called an Infiniti dealer and I thought maybe valve guides, but they said they have not see valve guides go bad very often, and suggested I bring it to them to do a pre-buy inspection. I would have to take it on a 200 mile round trip to do that, and I don't think I want the car bad enough to take a whole day to have it inspected. He wants 6.5K for it and will take 6K If it has major engine problems,,,like rings, I sure as heck don't want it!
What is the general consensus here? Steve T you were having a converstion with a guy about a Maxima, that had similar problems, if you think that it's rings, I won't even bother to make an offer on it. OH and this was a lease vehicle for the first 32K miles of it's life too, like that Maxima you were talking about, it was a lease during the first part of it's life too! Thanks John