Another relevant question. Auto or manual? What suburb are you from?

Sometimes if it only blowa a little bit of smoke ,you can put a slightly thicked oil in to stop it from blowing smoke

But eventually you will need to put a set of rings in the motor

By "blue" smoke people mean white smoke with a slightly bluish tinge -- that's a sign of oil burning. Pure white smoke is normal when warming up the car on a cold day.

worn valve guides typically will not cause smoke while running the engine, but rather a small or large puff on starting the engine. If it blows blue smoke while driving this is usually worn piston rings . Do a wet & dry compression test to make sure.

It could be caused by other things, even an overfilled crankcase. The A-series only takes 3 litres of oil.

It smokes all of the time but more after its been idling. I gota tell you is pretty bad.

What colour is the oil. Black, blue, white or a combination? Generally, if if it is continuous blue smoke at steady rpm it will be from the rings. Off idle and cruise it can be valve stem seals. Black smoke indicates fuel which can also cause oil to burn in extreme cases.

You need to give more information on when the smoke is appearing and colour etc otherwise all comments recieved will be general or guesswork. It's like telling your mechanic your car won't run but not mentioning you filled the petrol tank with water...

On my Alfa that had this issue, It didn't belch a blue cloud all the time. The biggest oil cloud would occur after slowing via the transmission (5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st) to a stop. Then taking off... cough... cough.

The high engine vacuum would suck oil past the guides into the combustion chamber like you experienced.

thanks for the info. did your engine smoke all the time?

That could mean that your guides are quite worn also. If everything is fresh the smoke is not that visible even with no seals fitted.

just rebuilt ay engine thought the smoke was the rings but to my suprise the valve stem seals were all hardend and crack to small pices thats what caused oil to burn in my a12!

hope it helps!

thanks mate, yeh i think its had the gong, thats why i think i will use the donk from the van then strip this one and see if it worth fixing.