Anybody have any thoughts on a +8 that has suddenly started to smoke on start-up. It hadn't been started for some time (months) and was misfiring quite badly which I traced to corrosion on the distributor cap pins – once they were cleaned off it fired okay. However it has started to issue quite a lot of blue smoke. It has side exhausts and smoke comes from both banks, possibly more so from the driver side. Pushing it up to a higher rev seems to clear it a bit want to goes back to fast idle or above it smokes. The driver's side exhaust also looks a bit wet inside and what comes out the smell of petrol.
I did wonder with such little use if the valve stem seals have gone hard? I did disconnect the breather pipes from the rocker covers and that seemed to cut down the smoke somewhat but not totally. I've heard you can take them for a hard run and that my clear it but that seems potentially dangerous if there is something significant wrong.
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
