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I’ve finally had enough of remortgaging the house to pay for Mobil engine oil.The car is going into Lakeside Engineering tomorrow to find out exactly why it’s drinking almost 2 litres of oil at track days.In the morning when cold, idle is fine. However, pull away and a plume of blue smoke is emitted from the exhaust.It also spits out quite a bit oil and what appears to be water droplets, enough to cover your hand when placed a foot from the exhaust silencer.I’ve done 6 track days in 13 weeks in it and she hasn’t missed a beat - just wanna make sure everything is ok in the engine bay department - wouldn’t live with the embarassment if it broke down at Cadwell Park…!

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MikeDoesn’t sound good [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/frown.gif[/image] My car uses between 1/2 to 1 litre per trackday, depending of course on time spent out on the cicuit.Apparantly it is not uncommon for the VHPD engine to blow an oil seal - located at the bottom of the engine, nearest the bulkhead. Oil deposits on the undertray are a sign of this.Hope its sorted quickly (& painlessly!), & look forward to seeing you at Cadders [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/grin.gif[/image]

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Me too, exactly half of the min / max range, every track day, without fail…

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Think my cars been watching to much Dallas!

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Watch out the evil Monkey is pointing behind YOU!Picking](http://forums.off-topic.net/avatar.php?userid=8753&dateline=1013497547">Picking) la voiture up tomorrow! The lads at Lakeside have done compression tests on cylinders and the block and every thing is tickety-boo.Interestingly, they have advised me to try a different engine oil. They have had experience of other VHPD’s burning up oil v quick, have changed to a different oil which suits the car fine.Watch this space…

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Monkey? Monkey?where are you? Monkey?!