as above, only noticed it when i was sat in traffic, then after litterally 1 minute it dissapeard.

Wasnt there when i left the house, started after about 10minutes, stopped by 12minutes.

Thought it could be turbo seals but then i sat still in a layby and revved it, not a hint of smoke, upped the boost to 1.1bar, went for a drive and toed it and still no smoke bar the usual hint of over fuel.

The rocker gasket is on its way out i know that but what could it possibly of been?

Surely if it was turbo seals it would of continued?

Cheers

Dale

was grey/blackish smoke but cant understand if it was turbo seals why it stopped, it should of got worse when i had got home, epecially after the thrash?

Someone else's car in the traffic with a bit of luck

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[color=#000080]ST205 WRC 1994
Hybrid turbo
Apexi AVC-R
Apexi Power FC (Not being used ATM)
Apexi Power commander (Not being used ATM)

well thats the thing, dirty dervs infront and behind me but im certain it was my car... but why wasnt it smoking when i got home? stupid car

i shall have to pull the bloody pipes off and have to have a look tomorrow or something but any clues on what it could be other than turbo?

Turbo seals commonly show up first when idling.

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1996 ST205 UK

My car goes through phases of chucking out clouds of oily smelling smoke when idling, usually when coldish. Seems to be intermittant.
Saying that, it hasn't done it since I fitted the link ECU and got the mapping better on LPG.

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dont know if it makes any difference but i havent driven the car for about 5 days prior to today

Was it wet/been raining at all before you drove?
Have you lagged downpipe?

Asking because I've had what I thought has been smoke when driving after a while, only to find it's purely water vapour either coming from damp exhaust wrap or water thats rolled off from somewhere onto manifold. Normally I see alot of it straight away after driving once it's rained, but once I drove for 10 minutes or so before it happened therefore thinking something was wrong only to find again just water vapour evaporating off manifold.

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1998 ford st24, 186hp 2.5 v6- sold
1997 bmw e36 318ti, mint hellrot red- sold
1992 celica gt4 st185- td04 340hp/330lbs
1998 mercedes E280- sold
1998 pug 1.9 td- mile muncher!
1993 rx7 542hp savage monster!!
2007 BMW 335i- in the shop gettin built!!

could well of been i suppose! Hope so anyway!

I shall check over the coming week and pull the engine bay apart but bloody cars. haha