culshaw 1 Posted August 8, 2016 Hi all, Took the car for a drive this weekend, after gliding downhill for about 2 miles into Dover and coming to a stop at some lights, I noticed some blue smoke on takeoff and could also smell it in the cabin. Any clue what this could be? I've searched and found that it could be valve seals or pistons or anything. To further complicate it, I had to reverse up a steep hill and after giving some good revs it puffed out white smoke followed by a little blue smoke. A friend thinks this could be oil in the intake burning off. I haven't topped the oil up as it's only last month gone in for a service. I'm hoping this could be that they put a thin oil in but that may be wishful thinking. Cheers Ian Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest sam1990rhodes Posted August 8, 2016 Get a compression check done on the engine, thatll give you a better idea whats causing it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
culshaw 1 Posted August 13, 2016 did a compression test this morning top right 145 top mid 120-5( could be slightly lower) top left 145 bottom left 120-5 bottom mid 145 bottom right 145 seems they are within range threshold got lots of oil popping out the rocker cover and got soot in the exhaust, does that help in a diagnosis? Also got some sooty spark plugs. Luckily i have a spare rocker cover gasket. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
