Wise you are. The van hibernates with the driver's side lower than the
passenger side. Once that cloud o' smoke dispersed, and the usual
initial lifter rattle quieted, the engine settled nicely.

--
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

dhaynes@optonline.net typed:
> 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
>  >