[kfitz911]

Yeah, but nothing is pointing to internal issues and the blue smoke is somewhat mis-leading as it was probably more white-ish than blue. Un-burnt fuel in the cylinders that weren't firing could cause that going through a hot muffler? I am sure there is some oil residue in the cylinder too, along with the muffler? I am just guessing here, but since I brought my car to the local dealer here and had the mechanic ride along with me for 15-20 minutes while explaining the whole story and symptoms, then they dove under the hood to look at specific wire shorting potentials, along with the suspected cap and rotor, I am sure they have ruled out any motor specific problems such as head studs or other big stuff.

I hope this is the case for our cars and it is as simple as a cap and rotor. Wouldn't you know that when I took the mechanic for a spin nothing happened! It hadn't happened for days and days either. Then Monday night, the 30th., it stalled on my way back from the health club after temps had fallen 20+ degrees while inside for and hour and a half. That must've caused the moisture to collect and, about 2 miles from the club and pulling away from a stop sign, it started mis-firing and then stalled. Dark out, 4-ways on and hoping nobody would clobber me, I turned it over repeatedly until it finally started and drove it home the remaining 6 miles with no other occurences. Crazy.

Kevin