<VV> Occasional Oil Smoke puff

[Bryan Blackwell]

Check the PCV system.  I haven't run into this on a Corvair, but  
several other cars had the exact same problem and it was either the  
PCV had been disconnected by a PO, or the system was clogged.   
Putting it back the way it was supposed to be fixed it.

--Bryan

On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:22 PM, David Heath wrote:

> I have an issue hopefully someone here can shed some light on.   
> Every once
> in a while, the engine will give a puff of oil smoke out the left  
> bank.
> This puff lasts for about 5 seconds or so, is always on the left  
> bank, and
> always seems to be when the car has been idling for a long time (10  
> minutes,
> maybe longer).  This happens when I have been in stop-and-go  
> traffic for
> quite a while or if I get stuck at several stop lights in a row.  The
> frequency is never greater than one puff every twenty minutes,  
> maybe longer.