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[storm1]

Hi all
As you can see i am very new to this site and already i have a small issue with my MV6 that i have just bought.

When the engine is cold i get a very smal puff of blue smoke on start up and lingers while travelling until it warms up, when hot there is no sign what so ever. It gives me the impression of breathers blocked up, but there don't seem to be any back pressure. :-/

Do any of you pro's know of this as being a common fault or not before i go back to the dealer and start spitting feathers.

Look forward to your replys

Storm1

[psnimv6]

i think it is valve steam oil seals ,it seems to be a problem on the 2.6 omega for some reason as it does not seem to affect to any other v6 omegas

[albitz]

going by recent threads i would agree.

[hotel21]

I would suggest cleaning the breathers as the first step and reassess afterwards....

[Mike Collins]

Are you certain it's oil smoke and not water vapour?

A trail of vapour is normal until the exhaust has warmed up.

I would expect stem seal leakage to give smoke at start up, but very quickly stop after moving off.

[storm1]

It is definetly oil (blue) smoke, i aggree that they vapour quite a bit but this blue
Storm1

[Martin_1962]

Vote on the stem seal thread them

<----- Smokey 2.6 V6