Is the van parked on a hill or tilted to one side? Oil my be puddling in the bottom of the cylinders. Maybe the valve guides and letting oil drip down. If it clears and there are no other problems or excessive oil consumption, don't worry too much.

Dennis

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Elliott
Date: Friday, February 16, 2007 11:00 pm
Subject: 1.9L exhaust smoke after sitting for 30 days
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> Getting Mellow Yellow ready for a trip to the desert, hopefully
> to catch
> some spring showers. MW's been sitting for about 30 days without being
> run. I needed to move it to do some work on the upper ball
> joints, and
> when I started the engine the hydraulic push rod rattled, which is
> normal when the engine hasn't been run for a while. What was
> unusual was
> a fairly amount of smoke (not white water, but gray oil) that
> came out
> of the exhaust for the first 30 seconds or so.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>