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[Olly]

Hi all

On servicing the car about 6 months ago I found that the plug wells were full of oil. I cleaned this all out, replaced the cam-cover gasket and bought new plugs etc.

Everything seemed to be fine but just recently I have noticed more and more oil appearing on the drive after the car has been run. Had a quick look around and found oil in the pipe going to the air filter box and around the plenum. Removed this all and cleaned it but also saw that there was oil in the exhaust downpipe. I'm hoping this explains the small puff of white smoke on starting(??)

Before I go down the route of stripping off the cam cover again can anyone else make any other suggestions on what else could be worth checking? I have recently carried out an oil change and there was no water in there. Have also checked the other usual spots and can see no oil/water contamination so hope its not the head gasket.

All help gratefully received.

Olly