Blue smoke!

[scottieboi94]

Getting blue smoke from my exhaust not much but you can see a tint of blue now and again, all the people who have looked at it have said it's valve stem seals, is there anyone on here that would be able to help me take the head off so i can take it to be sorted out? I was quoted £250 labour for a garage to everything, apart from they would send the head off to get someone to do it.

[Sefton-EP91]

That's a lot of money mate, you could do it yourself. It's very straight forward job for someone with basic knowledge. It's mostly just common sense. You can also do it with the head on and putting rope down the spark plug hole. I say have a crack yourself mate if you feel confident enough. There are plenty of people willing to give info on here.

[scottieboi94]

Aint got a clue where to start mate, also i don't really wanna mess about with cambelt etc :L

[KCEP82]

what you mean put rope down spark plug holes

Edited July 21, 2014 by KCEP82

[Sefton-EP91]

You can put rope down the spark plug holes (not all the way in, just enough to lodge the valve closed) So put rope Down hole and turn to TDC that way way it holds valve in position rather than dropping in the cylinder. Or use compressed air to hold the valve up. These methods are not really worth doing unless you are on a tight budget and don't want to do the head gasket aswell. Hope this helps

[fiddlersport]

the rope trick is a good one if you done it before, i am pretty sure there is a tool available to do this with the head still attached to the block correct me if i am wrong ?

[mikey4410]

Is the smoke white at idle or boost ? >>>> = turbo seals

Or

is it on engine braking ?>>>> = valve stem seals

also do a compression check also

and as above , I would do the rope trick on valves for sure

[scottieboi94]

Pretty sure its piston rings now, its constant blue coming out all the time, bought a forged engine now anyway

[thorpy36]

I have the same issue. It seems to be at random times. Sometimes when it's warm and I have stood for a minute it puffs a small blue smoke cloud and then sometimes is from start up it blows a little and sometimes if it's quite warm it throws a small cloud out.

Does anyone know the symptoms ?

[mikey4410]

As above dude.i wrote the synopsis of smoking above