Smoking

[roboblob]

you having to top up the radiator too ?

[Dezzy]

Originally Posted by roboblob

you having to top up the radiator too ?

No just top up oil, she uses no water.

[SilverS8]

1 litre pr 1000km is as somebody mentioned correct according to the manual. This is clealry just to prevent people from complaining on high usage..
I would say that any Petrol car using that amount of oil has a serious failure. Unless you hit the rev limiter 10 times a day, then it will spit oil up the breather system.

I've driven my S8 for about 20 000km now and have had 2 oil changes. between those i have topped her of with a total of max 1 litre( half a litre pr 10000km)

Over to your problem, If it smokes on WOT i would assume its your piston rings or the dreaded alusil is worn out. It Could also be the valveseals but usually they will give you a puff of smoke when you go back on the throtle after "engine braking" from higher revs on a gear in manual mode.

[Dezzy]

Ok well i'm using more oil than that, not a litre per 1000km though. Maybe it's her way of saying she's getting to old for being pushed hard.

I'll tickle her along a bit as a friends son wants it as a wedding car as he's been let dow by the Jag he was going to use. Not sure it'll look all that fantastic in the photo's with plumes of blue smoke bellowing out her bum.

[sarg]

My 4.2 40V used to give the odd puff of blue smoke, especially on full throttle, but it didn't worsen over 30,000 miles, so ignored it

[ainarssems]

Blue is unburned petrol, white-oil. 1l of oil to 1000km will not give you oil smoke. Looks like yours is unburned petrol which is down to poor combustion or overfuelling at WOT.

[SilverS8]

Originally Posted by ainarssems

Blue is unburned petrol, white-oil. 1l of oil to 1000km will not give you oil smoke. Looks like yours is unburned petrol which is down to poor combustion or overfuelling at WOT.

I disagree.

Blue Smoke = Burnt oil
Black Smoke: Unburned fuel
White Smoke: Water