Hi everyone,
first post on here for me so please be gentle.... I own a 2000 classic saloon, mods are turbo timer, dump valve with a huge exhaust and rolling on 18s
Heres the problem, any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated, ill try to explain all..
bought my scooby 3 months ago and it would sometimes kick out a puff of blue smoke on high revs in first gear, (above 5k revs) i was told this was normal for boxer engines and not to worry.
Anyway been driving it today and on the way to work the smoke was appearing when I was pulling up to stop in traffic and then spitting a bit out as i sat there and then it stopped.
Then on the way home it is now kicking it out constantly when driving but gets a little better when sat idling in traffic.
It has been burning about a litre of oil every 500 miles or so, so i thought there could be somthing about to go wrong
Im using 0w 40 mobil 1 oil which im now wondering if this is too thin,
I replaced the plugs, removed cone filter and back to a panel filter about 200 miles ago, I also checked what I think is the 02 sensor bolted into the top of the exhaust and that was covered in black soot which i cleaned and put back in.
It does idle erraticly sometimes and i was meaning to replace the maf sensor,
it has always smelt like its running rich but i wondered if that was due to the exhaust.
Thinking about it i wonder if the oil is the cause as i changed to the mobil 1 oil and i have now just got onto the 3rd litre of it, would the cold weather cause it to slip past the valve seals and be the reason why its buring oil,
Sorry about the essay guys, any help much appreciated......
