hi all, right then , just had a scooby last week, its a mark one import. all been fine, but after a drive out yesterday ( didnt thrash it..too many speed bumps!) i reversed on the drive and on sitting idle smoke bellowed out from under the bonnet.
popped bonnet to look , it smells like oil burning and the smoke appears to be coming from the turbo side. cant see a leak. Doesnt happen on driving ...took it round the block today was fine, but sit it on idle when its warm and there it is, thick smoke !

any ideas????

 

Anything been replaced like wrapped manifold? and what model and year do you have? (oh and welcome )

Tony

 

a up mate , no no wrapped manifold, its a 1994 wrx. feeling pretty gutted mate at the mo , been wanting a scooby so long , finally get one that starts smoking !!

cheers

 

oh and looked on the floor, no oil marks on the drive ..doesnt seem to be leaking, checked oil , all ok although did have a bit too much in !

 

could be turbo oil seal ? is any coming out the exhaust when you rev it ?

 

not seen any from the exhaust mate no. car only done 60k miles too !

 

Rocker cover gasket,normally you will not see a puddle on the floor as it drips onto the exhaust and gets burnt off and scares the crap out of you because you can see a lot of smoke as it gets burnt off.

 

rocker cover gasket ...sounds expensive....is it ?

 

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thanks for that. anyone live near stafford on here ?

 

I agree that it sounds like a cam cover gasket. It's quite common and drips onto the manifold as mentioned above & it's not the end of the earth Hopefully you get it sorted out soon

 

fingers crossed !!! just gutted when only had it a week, oh well **** happens eh. Im a bit stuck for doing much work on it though , so wil be looking for someone who knows what they are doing with scoobs in the stafford area. anyone know ? im not stupid, just disabled.
cheers guys, nice welcome and good help here !

 

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