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Originally posted by watson 1.416v
is it injection mate?

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Yes I had that problem. Valve stem seals. I got all mine done at once. Cost = Around 500 notes. OUCH! Good thing was tho I bought the car two weeks after it, so I took it back to the garage and they paid! MMmmm gotta love warranties!

had this problem on my TD, turned out that the oil breather hose from the head was blocked. unblocked it and problem went instantly.

noticed any leaks? could be head gasket?

i get blueish grey smoke when i start my engine now and then, but only when i start it. would that be the valve stem seals? how much 2 get it repaired?

i hope it's just the valve stem seals and not the piston rings. how much it cost you to get it fixed Stoppy16v. mines an N reg 1.4 16v sport. it's the DOHC ecotec engine.

is it injection mate?

sounds like mine was just valve stem seals in my case.

no.

wish i could afford a 2litre lads but it's not within my reach. money and insurance wise. it's done 70k now so it could do with gettin reconditioned anyway if i do get it fixed. cold it not be ma cat's fucked at all.

thats the spirit mate!!!!

2.0 16v time dear boy!!!!!

If its valve stem seals they are like 19p each you need 16 but its the labour that costs cos its a head off strip down job, i would do it myself if i was you, piston rings now thats expensive, depending on weather the cylinders have beed scored, it might need a rebore and new pistons with new rings, if not you could get away with new piston rings or oversized rings if the bores are scored but this leads to oil consumption, if it is the rings its a complete engine strip down really and you might as well re condition it while ya there, do the valve stem seals and see how it goes

it clears very slightly after driving for bout half an hour or so but it's still quite bad. i can't afford a new engine. is this bad cos there is quite alot of smoke.

It sounds to me like, piton rings if its happening all the time, my GSI does it when i boot it as soon as i break 5000RPM, smoke appears out the back and lots of it, and when pulling away, valve stem seals normally puff smoke on ya gear change.
This could be expensive, hence why im picking my new engine up soon

likely to be valve stems then, does the smoke clear at all after a while???

yeah i think it's slightly blue, it's well bad when i put my foot down. it creates a cloud of black smoke.

Probably valve stem oil seals, is the smoke blue when ya start it up first thing in the morning???

I've got a 1.4 16v n reg sport. It's blowin a serious amount of smoke and burnin a shit load of oil. Anyone any ideas or help on this problem. Any help much apreciated. Cheers lads.:boggle: