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[Shelby]

Hi again,  as I slowly work my way through all the niggles and problems, I have another I could do with some hints / tips on where to look.

I seem to be loosing oil and therefore need to keep it topped up.

No obvious signs of leaks on the ground after being parked, although does appear to be a bit oily on the underside of the engine.

Hadn't noticed this before, but got stuck at 40mph behind a couple of trucks on the way to work this morning, upon hitting a short dual carriageway section I booted it a bit to get past them both and noticed a bit of a smokey exhaust during the hard acceleration.

Any thoughts on places to look, check for small leaks or signs of leakage?

cheers

[Abiton]

Quite likely to be valve stem seals, unless you have heavy external leakage somewhere.  Ours is starting to use quite a lot too, and I'm fairly sure it's this.

Just keep topping it up, the cat will burn most of it off fairly harmlessly most of the time.

[Shelby]

I assume no heavy leakage as I never get oil on the ground under the car even if stood for a couple of days.  Ill have to give it a closer inspection for any other signs of external leaks, but haven't seen any yet.

I take it the valve stem seals is a bit of a job then?