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I bought this, at first disheartened as i didnt know who he was etc but lives up the road so would of had a good time if any problems...turns out it cost me £2 to fix what he thought was ****** so a win on this one lol...tbf though there is no rust and it drives like a dream but again i think he thought either HGF or Stem seals were going...just had to breathe pcv to atmosphere and hey presto. zero oil loss and zero smoke haha

Any updates price wise dude? Got to get it done myself but has been hard saving a grand for it (over save incase) As for the keyboard, right click on the keyboard icon bottom right and choose English UK. Hope everyones having a good day!

Just to add since i thought it was a fluke...my city mpg now averages 19.3 thats with the odd green light booting when some dope in his 318 thinks hes a badass...so not sure if the pcv made the diff itself but with a service is gone from 15mpg so impressed af

Sorry its been a few days...i wanted to test it out and its SOLVED all problems. I still need to clean the egr anyway but so far so good. I wanna thank everyone for their input its all been a major help. Now its time to see how everyone else is getting on lol.

well i know people are against engine flushes (not everyone is) but how bad it was i gave it one anyway before changing the oil and wow it has made the world of difference, smokes still but i have noticed its only when im on steep hills, which makes me think what the pcv has sent into the inlet is then being drained into the engine and then smoking, looking for a cap to sit over the inlet to try this theory but no idea where to get any!? car feels amazing now though, i cleaned the throttle plate as it was a bit oily so opened it up and inside was a fair bit of oil sitting inside, just wondering if i can spray carb cleaner etc inside without removal? i know it would smoke bad but i dont want to destroy anything, or will i need to just remove it all this weekend? thinking wether to just put pcv to ventilation and let it burn off the last bits itself?? theres still a whisp of blue smoke under WOT but nothing to cry over. and ill tackle the egr this weekend too hopefully. Should of just bought a pushbike.

i checked the filler cap and not much extra blow by, WELL the light came on momentarily, then went off, if i had to use some throttle it came on, but after a short while went off again...but no change in oil level since last night which was JUST on the Low line... just a theory but could the oil drain be sludged up a little? and when the sumps full to the max line maybe it wont drain as it should, and whilst picking up more and more then being forced near the pcv and then sucked up into the inlet and burnt off? i know its a shot in the dark maybe even high hopes but seemed to make sense whilst pondering on my drive home. also barely any smoke all day too (60 miles or so) just one small fog Service tomorrow...so should get to see how 'Well' this car has been looked after.

i tried reading the codes with my usual obd2 reader and although it connected the app i used wouldnt connect itself, but theirs no engine management light or anything on the function screen other than when oil gets low. i didnt think too much about the egr tbh thats a good shout, ill have a look at that in a bit whilst im doing the service, i got to go and pickup everything in a bit so hopefully something will be resolved. The gunge is just dirty oil which still sucks but i was glad it wasnt creamed up or frothy. i drove it this morning home and barely used the throttle and it only smoked a little on an uphill which is quite long (about 1/2 mile) i keep thinking it is the valve stem seals as my toyota has the same problem, head gasket just doesnt seem right with how the car is, i know its awkward over the internet and i apologise but i am trying to word it the best i can lol. ill take plugs out in a bit too and look before i replace them, i really do hope its something simple like the egr or the breathers. Props to this forum though, iv never had responses like this before or as fast. you guys are pretty damn awesome! (sorry if im missing out anybodys questions or advice im trying to rush and get off track a lot)

Mileage is 148K it had a fair bit of History and 1 previous keeper both in the same name. I dont think he would of risked me getting it from his house otherwise since he lives about 3 mins away and he has some very nice cars he wouldnt want damaged haha, not saying i would but someone out there could have bought it and it all gone bad, tbh worst case ill just rebuild the engine myself, used to doing chevy v8s and rebuilding with mopar bits etc so the lump of it isnt so bad i suppose just a ballache. basically the guy bought it and turned a profit on it and it WAS running perfectly for a couple of weeks, but iv just shoved my finger in the filler cap and its disgusting in there...wonder if thats contributing.... first time i saw smoke i though HGF myself but coolants fine, no loss, no mixture of fluids, temps on the 2nd bar up even after long hard ride. everything else is immaculate and the engine is even still just silent, but im going to have the TB off tomorrow, and im sure there is a gauze under the pcv?? the crap that came off the pcv and the inlet part of it was unreal. might try blocking the inlet and venting pcv to atmosphere see if that makes a difference. guess im just hoping to trigger an idea in someones head to save the time and work. starting to wonder now if he was a dodgy bloke and is just brave enough to **** on his own doorstep...hes sold a couple cars in the last year and i know 2 of them that have been bought and are immaculate and still running great so its just one of them maybe he did know maybe he didnt...might go knock on his door.

It was a private seller who is local, it was fine until recently and definitely isnt condensation dude,that goes away after around 10 seconds I can be driving for over an hour and it will just plume out the back...im not usually stumped by things car wise or at least for long but this is giving me headache lol

Right not sure where to begin so bare with me... i have owned my dream car (16 years of dreaming) for around 2 weeks now, until about a week ago i was in love, Then it took a turn, The car would sometimes hesitate and then plumes of smoke would come from the exhausts, Hard to pin point the smell or colour. but i would say a light grey. would only happen every so often, didnt have a specific entrance, could be still in traffic or halfway through a run on the motorway with no throttle change. Then the last few days it smokes more often and sometimes heavier, sometimes cured by flooring it for a couple of seconds. well i noticed oil was getting low so topped up until i can service her later this week...so im driving down the motorway and the low engine oil light comes on...get off the next stop and get robbed by a shell garage for a litre of oil...this was last night, it took me to the halfway on dipstick mark which i thought would last...it came on again today but has been smoking more today. There is zero leaks around the engine that i have found as of yet. iv cleaned the pcv valve incase it was a cause, no change so far (and it rattles so im guessing its okay? and airline flowed through well enough) i put a new air filter in today as mine was black and wasnt sure if it was being choked or anything at all not sure if its a bad thing or not but theres nothing much at all online to help me, just shows they are reliable lol. Be Gentle with me its my first Jap V8, last car was 1zz celica and even that didnt drink a litre overnight lol sorry its a novel i wanted to cover what ground i could.