hey needing some advice i've got a bugeye wrx, had it for about a year and a half started smoking last year tried searches can't really find an answer. so basically it starts fine no smoke, drives fine no smoke but when sitting at traffic lights or junction i get blueish smoke and burning oil smell, i recently drove to newcastle and back and didn't have any smoke at all until i came back and started doing short journeys. it's not using much oil either plus in the winter time it stopped for about 2 and half months then started when tempeture went up. Also replaced rocker cover gaskets in febuary because they were leaking hoping that was the problem.

 

Your headgasket is going, check for exhaust gasses in coolant, any reputable garage can do this.

 

Sounds more like a turbo starting too fail, the car would be overheating and causing running isues if it was the hg.
Jay

 

valve stem oil seals?

 

cheers for replies, if it was valve stem seals would i not get smoke on start up, the garage i goto thought might be turbo seals but wasn't 100% sure, if it is the turbo am i aswell buying a second hand turbo off here or getting it serviced. When i bought the car was told it had the vf34 but not sure, i'll get it taken off and if anyone knows anyone selling a vf34 pm me, cheers.