Ford Fiesta - Blue smoke, high oil consumption

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Thu 22 Sep 2011 14:09
Ford Fiesta - Blue smoke, high oil consumption - gazza005
I have a 2003 Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCI that has done 107,000 miles. I've recently noticed its starting use alot more oil. On start up in the morning I sometimes get a very small amount of smoke. After driving down a long hill (overrun) i get clouds of blue smoke for a few moments that quickly clears as i continue driving.
Start up and general driving is normal with no noticeable loss of power. Water is also fine.
My wife took it to a local Ford garage this morning for a compression / cylinder leakage test. Afterwards they told her the injectors needed replacing at a cost of £1500!!
Can knackered injectors create blue smoke and cause high oil consumption?

I was thinking more along the lines of valve stem seals or worse, rings.

2 weeks ago i took all the inlet side apart to check there was no blockage etc, and i found that the inlet pipes to the turbo were wet with oil and there was a small pool of oil in front of the turbo. After putting the inlet pipes/system back together the smoke problem dissapeared for a couple of days, but now has come back again.

Any help would be much appreciated.
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Thu 22 Sep 2011 14:18
Ford Fiesta - Blue smoke, high oil consumption - madf

"On start up in the morning I sometimes get a very small amount of smoke. After driving down a long hill (overrun) i get clouds of blue smoke "

Classic signs of worn oil seals. They can be replaced without taking off the cylinder head but it requires specialist equipment..

So your local agarge did a compression test? Did they tell you the cylinder by cylinder result?

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Thu 22 Sep 2011 14:31
Ford Fiesta - Blue smoke, high oil consumption - gazza005
"so your garage did a compression test? Did they tell you the cylinder by cylinder results/"

I'm going to have a chat with them this afternoon after work.
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Sun 15 Dec 2013 10:23
Ford Fiesta - Blue smoke, high oil consumption - Zurrieq
How much oil is on the dipstick for this engibe. Ie how much oil is present on the dipstick from the low to max mark?

Thanks
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Sun 15 Dec 2013 16:44
Ford Fiesta - Blue smoke, high oil consumption - alan1302
How much oil is on the dipstick for this engibe. Ie how much oil is present on the dipstick from the low to max mark? Thanks

The thread is over 2 years old! Don't think they will reply now! LOL

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