hello i start my car up in the morning no smoke from exhaust or anything no rattles or bang nocks ect,

i get about 3miles away and suddenly i start to smell a oily smell and i pulled over and opened bonnet and left hand side of engine i could see a little smoke rise that smelt of oil? any idears what to check or any idears what it could possibly be, many thanks to all----

 

Likely to be rocker cover gasket

 

Sounds similar to what i have which everyone kindly identified for me, the left hand side rocker gasket leaking, the dripping oil burns on the exhaust heatshield.

 

yeh i was just looking at the post, it wont damage the engine will it ? everything will be ok till it get it sorted weekend latest

as im a new owner of a subaru :P

 

My last scooby did exactly this, it turned out to be the front crank case seal. Cost about £80 done by subaru. The oil drips straight onto the exhaust manifold hence why it smells when it warms up, it really stinks doesn't it lol

 

Providing its not losing alot of oil, you make sure the oil stays topped up and its definately the rocker gasket it should be fine if you can put up with the burning oil and smoke.

 

yep it stinks lol, thanks fr your help every1
if this helps it dont actually leak on the floor over night ect

and no its not losing oil fast must be dripping real slow

 

Did you ever sort this out? How much was yours smoking? I have done my gasket but its still smoking, just trying to ascertain if my gasket didnt seal or it is something else!?

 

Yes m8 I actually got it done today it was the gasket seal was smoking quite bad coming from all the vents and from under the wheel arch it's spot on now I paid 45 quid from chorley street garage in Bolton they are a top performance garage

 

My forester had a weepy camshaft oil seal that was about the same, annoying but not enough to lose any significant oil.

 

Some times I thought I had a smoke bomb under the bonnet or something was on fire, but it's nothing major

 

What gasket was it mate?

 

rocker gasket pal

 

You have had no problems since i assume?

 

no no problems with it what so ever mate, and smoke was pooring out sometimes looks like it was coming from the turbo sometimes, but the oil just drips all over the heat sheild and smokes everywhere. but yep spot on for me mate

 

I think i am going to change it again this weekend and keep my fingers crossed! Thanks for the info mate.

 

noproblems mate good luck, you may still get a bit of smoke after it done, old oil splills.... it`ll burn off good luck mate hope i helped a little