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[Peti]

Well, I know there are lots of questions/answers about this...sorry, I just don't have the patience to read them all....

V6, brand new head gaskets, exhaust manifolds renewed, everything clean, flat, manifold nuts tightened to the specified torque, etc....

Still, at first start, smoke is visible after a few seconds.....seems to come up from underneath the exhaust manifold....
I know some reasonable amount of smoke is expectable after renewal....but this amount looks too much.

I read about tightening both ends of the SAI rubber hole ....I'll check that,too.

The exhaust manifold nuts seem pretty hard to reach.
Can (should) they be re-tightened without removing 1000000000000 other things ? (already at specified torque!)

[Omega_Dan]

When were the cam cover gaskets replaced? were they leaking badly prior to renewal?

[Peti]

No, this time it's not the typical camshaft cover-leaking-so-oil-drops-down-to-hot-manifold problem.
I checked with a mirror, all clean and dry :


I also checked the exhaust manifold from underneath the car , again : pretty clean and dry :


I re-tightened the SAI rubber hose,too (brand new) :


Now, the problem seemed to be caused solely by some small amount of oil, coming out of the gap between the exhaust manifold and the exhaust pipe :


After cleaning it and carefully re-tightening the nut, the problem seems to be solved.

[HockeyDave55]

Hey Peti,
Thanks for posting this, I also have a leak and the one place I've not looked is that joint!