Smoke from behind the engine

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  1. albertrll New Member

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    Hello everyone!

    I'm restoring my 1990 golf GTi 8v MK2. 2 weeks ago we started up the engine after 13 years of hibernation and started really smoothly. The problem comes when the engine has been started for about a minute. A white smoke starts to appear from behind (manifold zone) and smells like burning oil. The thing is that once the engine is turned off, the smoke continues.
    I leave a video to see if you can make an idea of what I'm trying to explain!

    https://youtu.be/36VLCnE1wCk

    Hope anyone could help,

    Thank you very much!
     
  2. Tristan

    Tristan Paid Member Paid Member

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    Looks like your rocker cover is weeping oil onto the exhaust manifold.
     
  3. albertrll New Member

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    The problem is that I have already changed the gasket..
     
  4. notenoughtime

    notenoughtime Moderator Moderator

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    Was it the correct one as there are two! Cork or rubber if the wrong one is fitted it will leak
     
  5. albertrll New Member

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    I fitted the rubber one! :)
     
  6. Tristan

    Tristan Paid Member Paid Member

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    Did you change the studs for the proper non shouldered ones?

    Other possibilities are a bad camshaft oil seal, or a distorted rocker cover?
     
  7. valvemiester

    valvemiester Paid Member Paid Member

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    Is it old residual oil on the manifold because until it's burnt it all off or you decrease it it will still smoke.infact even when you have decreased it it will still smoke until everything has burnt off
     
  8. albertrll New Member

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    Hope it is just that but yesterday the engine was turned on for about ten minutes and there wss still a lot of smoke coming out. Do you think there is still oil there?
     
  9. albertrll New Member

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    I think I have found where the problem comes from but I don't know what is due to. There are some oil spills in the manifold, do you guys know what causes? Bad gasket, the screw is not tight enough....

    https://imgur.com/a/Z2Ykn
     
  10. Savagesam

    Savagesam Moderator Staff Member Moderator

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    That looks like is just run, if so, leave it running, let it burn off and then check it :)
     

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