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Oily smoke on startup

vlad

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Hi, have noticed since the cold snap we are currently in (its been -1 the last couple of mornings), that when I start my car I get an acrid oil smoke cloud from the exhaust for the first 10 seconds - it clears quite quickly and then its just steam until everything warms up.

The car is kept garaged overnight and is level. I have heard that a little oil can seep into the bores and the oil on startup isn't uncommon with the flat six boxer configuration we have.

But was wondering why its more pronounced in the cold weather - I hadn't noticed any oily smoke on start up up to this poing - in 2K miles of motoring over my 3 months of ownership. And the car to date has only used 1 bar of oil - which I'll obviously now keep a close eye on!

Any thoughts ? Any ideas why this has just started? is it something I should be worrying about?


Migration info. Legacy thread was 87057
 
Not sure about the cold weather, but this normally happens when the car has been running hotter than usual immediately prior to switching off. The oil seepage is usually along the valve guides, but is nothing to be too worried about as long as the car is not over-filled. 1bar of oil in 2k miles is quite good/normal.

Migration info. Legacy thread was 87064
 
very normal Vlad,

if it goes after a few seconds dont worry,


Migration info. Legacy thread was 87071
 
Mine does it too. I think it is just more noticable on a cold winters morning.

Migration info. Legacy thread was 87077
 
is this waterpumper specific??.................the only time Ive noticed it with mine was when I started it after I SORN'd it over September,I taxed it again beginning of October and have used it every few days and not noticed any smoke


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Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by Rodders on 03 November 2006
is this waterpumper specific??
Dunno, but we should probably try to start a rumor ;-)

Migration info. Legacy thread was 87219
 
Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by Rodders on 03 November 2006
is this waterpumper specific??.................the only time Ive noticed it with mine was when I started it after I SORN'd it over September,I taxed it again beginning of October and have used it every few days and not noticed any smoke

Nope - it happened regularly with my previous 993. :wink:

Migration info. Legacy thread was 87221
 
It's a lot worse on TT's and i only ever got it on my C4S when it was overfilled by the OPC :roll:

Migration info. Legacy thread was 87222
 
Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by ian_uk on 03 November 2006

Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by Rodders on 03 November 2006

is this waterpumper specific??
Dunno, but we should probably try to start a rumor ;-)


sounds like a plan :twisted:

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