Burning Oil

[silent_wolf]

So in the last couple of weeks my car has started to burn oil intermittently.

When I start it theres never smoke, only time it happens is in stop go traffic and maybe at the odd traffic light, theres almost never smoke in the mornings when I drive to work, but on my way home it smokes 80% of the time. Also never any smoke when I'm on the freeway.

Would this be the valve seals? Or possibly an oil seal on the exhaust side of the turbo?

 

[badger5]

colour of smoke?

 

[silent_wolf]

It looks grey in my mirror, usually a big cloud like its been sitting in the exhaust and pulling off has pushed all of it out

 

[badger5]

It looks grey in my mirror, usually a big cloud like its been sitting in the exhaust and pulling off has pushed all of it out

puddled oil if white/grey.. non combusted in other words, so potentially exhaust valve stem seals/guides or turbo hotside seals.
Is there any oil in charge pipework or turbos inlet..?

 

[silent_wolf]

puddled oil if white/grey.. non combusted in other words, so potentially exhaust valve stem seals/guides or turbo hotside seals.
Is there any oil in charge pipework or turbos inlet..?

I did the timing belt over Christmas and the charge pipe has some oil in it, but it wasnt running out, more like a few drops here and there and the throttle body had a light oily residue but it wasnt black like the drops of oil in the charge pipe