I noticed some smoke coming from under the bonet this evening, on inspection it was coming from under my induction kit.

I stuck my head under the car and saw some oil dripping from under the exhaust. (see pic)

Am I right in thinking that this is likely to be a rocker cover gasket or power steering pump?

Any advice woudl be helpful.......

Thanks

 

The rocker gaskets are a common problem. As it is on the turbo side be warned because the turbo can get hot enough to ignite itA

 

Yeah, probably rocker gasket mate.

Just after I bought my car, mine smoked a LOT and I actually thought it was on fire to be honest. Didn't drive it until I replaced the gaskets a few days later.

 

Cheers. I have it booked in to be done on Sat morning :-)

 

be very carefull with oil on the exhaust manifolds mate as i have just had a very bad experiance with mine,when an oil cooler pipe burst and poured oil onto the manifolds.believe me its not something i would wish on anyone.

 

normally the turbo side as the heat from the turbo kills the gasket.

 

Thanks guys. I can see oil around the gasket, but no smoke so far this morning. Checked oil level and it's dropped a touch since the weekend before last, but only by about 1/8th.