[Filflop]

Hi,

I have 1.7 on a W plate and recently under heavy acceleration what seems to be blue smoke come from the exhaust and she does seem to be using more oil than usual.

Any ideas ?

[happy-kat]

how many miles on the clock?
how much oil is it using?

[RED IMPACT]

Yep...dead easy...your burning oil!

Hopefully it will be the piston seals (oil leaks into the combustion chamber past the piston seals and mixes with the fuel and hence comes out of the exhaust) and will hopefully be cheapish to repair or...you dont wanna know what the other option is!

Either way, get yourself and the car down to a garage that you TRUST and explain your synopsis and they will advise you from there...good luck!

This post has been edited by RED IMPACT: 27 March 2008 - 03:49 PM

[Filflop]

Cheers.

What is the dreaded 2nd option.

the car has 92k on the clock and is using about a litre every 8 weeks

[happy-kat]

how many miles do you do in 8 weeks?

[Filflop]

about 500 roughly

[happy-kat]

best get it to a garage pronto
where abouts in the country are you?

[Filflop]

North East, Apart from that everything seems to be running sounding fine, is there anything else i should look out for ?

[BenF]

worry about this first - a litre of oil in 500 miles is some serious problem in itself

This post has been edited by BenF: 27 March 2008 - 04:24 PM

[Filflop]

its a litre in 500 or was that 50 a typo fella.

What apart from the leaky piston seals could it be thou, what the other option just so i have a clue what im going on about lol

[BenF]

sorry - 500!

a litre in 50 miles would be horrendous!!!!

[YOG]

Nikasil lining gone, possibly!!

http://www.pumapeople.com/forum/index.php?autoco...rticle&id=1

[BenF]

if you are getting blue smoke as you drive, piston rings (seals) is the most obvious cause

if you get the blue smoke when you first start up the engine worn valve guides is another cause

[happy-kat]

1 litre in 500 miles is (looks for a word one down from horrendous)
if you take it to a garage you trust you should not need to worry what to say other than the facts of oil useage and blue smoke

[Filflop]

Its def just when you drive and only under hard accelaration had a mate driving behind me to check that,

Thanks for the help any other ideas let me know and ill post with a update,

Off to make the call

[BenF]

best of luck - do let us know how you get on!

[RED IMPACT]

Worse case scanario is actual pistons themselves....althought i am pretty sure it wont be.

Also when was the last time you had an oil and filter change? If you have crap oil in and you keep topping up that wont correct your problem butmearly add to the headache...ill put money down its seals...then get yorself a oil change!

Good luck!

[happy-kat]

I expect it is using oil all the time, just when your bury the loud pedal more oil is getting through so is showing up

[BOK]

Check your air filter is in good condition (i.e. not blocked with cr4p), also check your crankcase breater tube isn't blocked.

Does it smoke on acceleration itself or only on the overrun? Smoke on the overun only is usually worn valve seats only.

This post has been edited by BOK: 27 March 2008 - 06:56 PM

[Filflop]

Thanks for all the advice, its def jusr when you floor it from about 4k revs onwards, been using magnatec lately, but air filter does need changing as i found a stone that had managed to find its way past the filter and into the valve bit after it