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evening, 1.9 df wbx, low miles, drives lovely and dose not smoke at all under load when driving , but when starting from cold after being stood for a day or 2 shes puffing a bit of blue smoke, im thinking along the lines of pushrod tube/s and seals or just seals? am i thinking along the right lines.... if so what sort of a job is it? , cheers ...

why are you think pushrod/tubes ?

i'd go for a sticky valve or too thinner oil , try giving it an oil change firstly ,good 10/40 mineral oil , blue bottle from halfords , also is it parked on the flat or down hill ?

parked on a slight slope currently running castrol 20/50 oil changed every 2500 miles, makes no difference if its on the flat, if it was a conventional engine i would be thinking valve stem oil seals

check see if its breather heavy , especially when hot

after the initial starting puff it clears and runs 110% no probs...

If it doesn't need much topping up of oil then I certainly wouldn't worry about it too much.

If it gets worse or starts needing a proper topping up of oil more than every 1000 miles, then start saving - I know

it burns no oil at all between changes, have noticed the hydro tappets (1 of)is a little noisey for the 1st mile when shes been left for a few days, or gives the odd little jingle when doing short on/off journeys, is this related?, presumably the tappet is losing oil pressure....

lambrettalee wrote:it burns no oil at all between changes, have noticed the hydro tappets (1 of)is a little noisey for the 1st mile when shes been left for a few days, or gives the odd little jingle when doing short on/off journeys, is this related?, presumably the tappet is losing oil pressure....

This is very common on these motors and often happens if they are not used regularly. On "weekend only" vans the noisy tappets can take a few miles until they shut up. Very unlikely to be the cause of any concern.

As yours burns no oil between changes, and assuming it makes no odd noises, then I reckon you have a good motor (and I would like to buy it please !! )

ghost123uk wrote:

lambrettalee wrote:it burns no oil at all between changes, have noticed the hydro tappets (1 of)is a little noisey for the 1st mile when shes been left for a few days, or gives the odd little jingle when doing short on/off journeys, is this related?, presumably the tappet is losing oil pressure....

This is very common on these motors and often happens if they are not used regularly. On "weekend only" vans the noisy tappets can take a few miles until they shut up. Very unlikely to be the cause of any concern.

As yours burns no oil between changes, and assuming it makes no odd noises, then I reckon you have a good motor (and I would like to buy it please !! )

Its a daily runner and covers 1300/1500 kms a month , mileage is 34000 kms (yes its right) and 1 previous owner, its a well maintained vehicle, i just find it a little odd that the tappet will suddenly have a good click after being tuned off for 20 mins or so before driving on,after starting from cold with no noise and driving for 20 miles with no noise, its bizzarre.