Smoking engine ?

[RichardT10829]

No, but in order for both sides to be pushing out the blue stuff, both banks on the engine would need to have the same issue.

*We know the engine idles ok, runs ok too.

* We know both halves of the engine are affected.


If it were myself, I would consider the following….it’s only my opinion and I don’t wish to add to the can of worms that tends to appear on engine issue threads.

1) start engine up, pull the oil filler cap off, are you getting strong puffs of smoke coming out ? What is the state of the hydrovent ? What’s your oil pressure like ? Too much is also bad.

2) Compression test every pot / bore on both banks, is each bore the same ? What is the compression ? Check every plug whilst you are at it.

3) check oil and coolant for cross contamination.

4) get engine good an hot then dump the oil, flush the engine out.

5) drain the old fuel and put some fresh good stuff in.


List generated in no particular order. But will tighten up your search a bit.

Stuck rings / valves are popular, especially if the machine has been sat in a damp location for quite a while.