Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

[Gaffers]

does it happen under heavy load? (heavy acceleration/ going uphill)

How old is the oil?

Is there signs of oil leaking from the rocker cover?

I had a similar baffling problem with my old 4 pot veccy (same engine)  I changed the oil and filter an dhey presto!!!

[hugster62]

Ok

I have taken the Ecotec cover off and here's what i found underneath

http://www.studio62.co.uk/plugs.html

Is that what i should see?

Thanks for all your help guys, really appreciate it

Gra

[TheBoy]

Pull the plug leads, is there any oil in there?

[hugster62]

Hi the oil is quite new but it does only happen under acceleration (in the car were myself, the wife and three kids) I do have an oil leak but under the car, i've just posted a couple of images that may be of help in explaining what the problem is.

Gra

[cdx25]

Ok

I have taken the Ecotec cover off and here's what i found underneath

http://www.studio62.co.uk/plugs.html

Is that what i should see?

Thanks for all your help guys, really appreciate it

Gra

Whats underneath the plug cap?  When my cam cover gasket went the plugs became full of oil...  

[cdx25]

Pull the plug leads, is there any oil in there?

TB you must have beat me by seconds there ;-)

[TheBoy]

Pull the plug leads, is there any oil in there?

TB you must have beat me by seconds there ;-)

Keep up  

[hugster62]

ive checked the plugs, they aren't sitting in oil that's for sure but there is a very faint trace of oil on the rubber plugs as they come out. Inside the plugs they are really quite clean, no oil but they progressively "sticky" towards the back of the engine... it could be oil, it has a slight yellowy colour on the inside of the plug sockets.

Gra

[TheBoy]

Pop a bit of kitchen roll in the rear plug well, and see if the corner comes out oily.  Until you've seen it before, its difficult to visualise what it should be like.  Any wet oil on the kitchen roll will mean the gaskets have failed...

[hugster62]

Here's inside the plug socket if thats any good

http://www.studio62.co.uk/inside.html

[hugster62]

put some kitchen roll in, i wouldn't say it was oily, definitely not wet but did come out "dry dirty"

[Martin_1962]

Well that is one of the main smoke causes the oil drips onto the exhaust creating smoke.

Check the manifold & downpipes for signs of burnt oil.

Seals would be on startup.

Rings would be whenever under power.

[TheBoy]

Here's inside the plug socket if thats any good

http://www.studio62.co.uk/inside.html

Can you get a better picture, showing all the way down...

[hugster62]

Hiya Martin

There is an oil leak that's for sure but the exhaust manifold and downpipe look actually really clean, just rusty. This has happened three times, the forst two were under acceleration, big white plumes of smoke, the third time it seems to be pumping out smoke from startup but only if i rev the engine, so if i just turn it over and start it, nothing, no smoke, if i rev it then it starts to smoke.

[TheBoy]

Thing is, oil smoke is blueish in colour...