Should I be concerned?

[Graham King]

Out for a blat last night, been out about 30 minutes so everything nicely warmed up, went round a long tight right hander and then accelerated fairly hard up following straight but undulating road. As I accelerated a large pall of blue smoke came out the exhaust, I immediately backed out and then went gently back on the accelator and a smaller cloud of blue smoke came out.

 

Oil pressure and oil and water temp were normal, I was about 3 miles from home so drove normally back, no smoke was emitted during this time and everything running fine. When I reached home took off bonnet and gave the engine a few blips. No oil anywhere under bonnet and no further smoke coming out exhaust.

 

Engine 1.8Kss fitted with Apollo. Is this likely to have been caused by oil surge on the bend getting into the combustion chamber 🤔 or is there another cause that I should be more concerned about. 🤔

 

Any advice gratefully received.

 

Thanks.

 

Graham.

 

R7 GPK

Superlight #85

[thinfourth]

probably something went up the breather and into the intake i wouldn't be overly concerned

 

Sod the heater wheres my shades

[Tony Martyr]

Graham: How is oil consumption generally? If not too high like mine you probably will not have glazed bores as I suspect I have that causes oil smoke to be visible on acceleration.

After long right handers in hot weather on a track I have had oil blow out of the cam-cover drain and into the inlet filter void before I fitted the car with a catch tank. This causes a blue smoke cloud as some of the spill was ingested - the rest ran onto the floor from the filter material in the pits. Were you over filled with oil?