Do i buy this car, mazda mx3, not sure about the oil??

Question:
I want to buy a mazda mx3 from a local dealer, when the car started up it was a little smokey. We took it for a drive, when we got back we removed the oil cap and it was a little smokey, and when you smelt the inside of the cap it smelt really strongly of burnt oil. We dipped the stick and the oil seemed nice and clean.

Answers:

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Whats the year and cost? If this car is a late 90ish and $500, it would absolutley be worth it to buy it and dump the engine. Smoke tells you there is seriously something wrong. Either you have coolant entering the cyl, oil entering the cyl, or the previous driver didnt use any air filters and you have tons of garbage burning in the cyl. Either way, its going to be expensive to fix.
unless you plan on turning this into a project car, i would stay away from anything that smokes.
If the car is in decent shape, and you already have a motor picked out for it, go for it.

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i own a repair shop and id be real careful about buying this one those was bad to get hot and warp the head,this may be where your seeing the smoke come from on it,those cars look good,and that's why people buy them but be careful you don't buy someone else problems,it could easily cost you around a 1000 bucks to get this fixed if it does have a smoking problem,so be careful you could get burned real good on this one,they have changed the oil in it,and the usually do this to hide problems,good luck i hope this helps.

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