blue smoke???

[vee_dub_modder]

Hi all,

I dont know if any oof you have ever had this one, after a run and the vehicle has been idleing for 1-2 mins (cooling down) i get loads of blue smoke out the rear end! now i know what most of you are about to say "Fit an oil catch tank" i'm already one step ahead on that one and fitted one about two weeks ago. I never get the smoke at any other time other than 2 mins ish on idle.

i'm guessing its possibly the turbo seals starting to give up (at 39,000 miles) but i may be wrong?? today on the most recent "attack" i have realised this only occurs when the right wheels are on a kerb or parked on a hill where the right sise is higher than the left??? this may just be coinsodance but it seems a little odd how the 3-4 times this has happened over the past 2 months i have always been on a kerb etc...

anywho, the only other things i can think of are turbo seals and oil is settling in the cooler and only picks up on that angle or its picking oil up somewhere (blocked breather or something)

all suggestions welcome??

cheers all

 

[andycupra]

whats the oil level like?

 

[vee_dub_modder]

fine... never topped it up before. having said that i do change oil and filter every 3,00 or 4 months??

 

[andycupra]

so theres no chance that the level is too high?

It the right wheels are on a curb and the car is angled enough, its possible its oil getting into the breather..?

 

[olliep]

i've always assosciated blue smoke with head gasket.

 

[allh2k]

could it be bad oil? or contaminated?

When did you last change it?

 

[andycupra]

i've always assosciated blue smoke with head gasket.

although that doesnt explain why it tends to happen when the car is at an angle.

 

[porterbmx]

blue smoke generally means oil is being burned, i had the same problem with my 205 (not a seat but eh..) turned out to be the valve stem seals. but could also be the oil level being high and getting into breather pipes.

 

[vee_dub_modder]

definately oil burning but no, its not the head gasket, i've already pressure tested coolant systyem and gas tested also?? oil pressure also okay. definately not too high an oil level and the oil is a okay (not too high) plus i have changed oil and filter since the first attack. i'll pull the cooler offat the weekend and have a look in there... may be turbo in the angle i'm parked up at may just be coinsodance??? we shall see??

 

[Markyboyt]

Piston rings? Have you done a compression test and a cylinder leakage test on all cylinders?
Theres quite a few possible causes, unfortunately not always the easiest to determine either.

 

[lee_woollett]

as someone posted earlier, this has always meant to me that valve seals are likely to be wearing out. I've certainly had blue smoke on other cars and after fitting new valve seals, it's cured.

 

[vwbassett]

Any oil in the intercooler? might be worth dropping the thick link pipe and flushing it out with TB cleaner. Cant hurt either way.

 

[vee_dub_modder]

if it were valve stems seals i'd expect smoke on vacume - decelleration, rings is smoke on acceleration. i am completely smoke free untill i've been at idle for a couple of mins... only done 40k (just)
cooler will be off on sat so will fill you all in on results.

 

[paul-murphys]

if it were valve stems seals i'd expect smoke on vacume - decelleration, rings is smoke on acceleration. i am completely smoke free untill i've been at idle for a couple of mins... only done 40k (just)
cooler will be off on sat so will fill you all in on results.

have you found the problem mate? i got same drama at the min been told could be a breather pipe blocked

 

[vee_dub_modder]

yeah a breather of all things mate. the one to the rocker cover (the crap one) bin it and fit an oil catch tank

 

[paul-murphys]

did yours smoke straight away when started car up. Mine doesn't but does when engines a bit hotter. If you look in my video's you can see 2 that are not named thats the type of smoke i'm gettin. Could u have look. Thanks

 

[vee_dub_modder]

pull the intercooler off and see if there is any oil in it firstly. if there is then most likely its your turbo mate. let me know what you find

 

[paul-murphys]

not much oil in cooler but the oils gone down quite a bit, is there a way to check the turbo? i going hybrid i think, getting mine hybridised

 

[paul-murphys]

pull the intercooler off and see if there is any oil in it firstly. if there is then most likely its your turbo mate. let me know what you find

shouldn't there be any oil in the cooler cause i have some in mine.

 

[Mattyboy1]

Did you ever get to the bottom of this cause I'm having trouble with mine smoking but as you say it's only when I have the drivers side wheels up on the kerb. I left the car round my girlfriends mum and dads on there drive which is nice and level left it there for a week and started it left it running and no smoke. Have parked the car outside my girlfriends house for two days started it up everyday and its smoking again. Gonna try it turned round the other way so that passenger side wheels are on the kerb and see if it still does it.