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[oceansoul]

Right, so Ive just replaced my rocker cover gasket as per the guide on here. Slight problem my small torque wrench decided today was a good time to break so i couldnt do up the rocker cover to the 8Nm. Ive done them fairly tight. However when i started it up there was a lot of blue smoke coming from the exhaust (which i guess a lil oil must have slipped into the cylinders when i had the plugs out). But i also got a faint amount of blue smoking coming from the zorst side of the rocker cover :/ is this likely to be because i didnt do all the bolts the same tightness, or just some oil there thats being burnt off :/ should i just let it run for a while and hope it stops??

[Abiton]

Probably just a bit of oil that found its way onto your exhaust heatshield, or thereabouts when you cut the breather?

I think the real reason for the 8Nm max. torque on the camcover bolts is not cracking the plastic.
As far as I can make out, on the 4-pot camcovers anyway; the seats where the o-rings sit will 'ground out' on the top of the cam caps as the o-rings compress, and any further torque on the bolts will simply compress the plastic locally, with a chance of cracking it, rather than distort the whole cover.

I await the opinions of wiser OOFers than I on this matter...

[Elite Pete]

It could be old oil burning off which does take a while, you'll have to keep an eye on it. 8nm is not much more than finger tight.

[Ghost]

I would agree with the other two chappies
sounds just like old oil that was / is on the exhaust, Keep your eye on it though.
if oil did get into your cylinders then it would be gone with the first run of the engine.

[holtender]

Yep, it is just the old oil, give it a few days and a few miles and it will be OK.