18-05-2015, 10:53 AM
If the back of the engine is coated like that, I'll bet you it is the vacuum pump - it dribbles down the head to the headgasket line, runs along the head gasket line and then just coats everything in a nice even film. If it were the rocker cover, you'd be moaning that every time you nail it, it STINKS of burning oil from it dripping on the exhaust manifold.
Guaranteed the starting problem is nothing to do with oil - that's timing related smoke from poorly combusting diesel - it's actually not burning the diesel, rather boiling it and turning it into a vapor. Check your glowplugs for operation - sounds like duff ones to me - and check for any air ingress - does pumping the primer bulb before you start it help it clear up faster? Sounds reasonably advanced timing wise, so I'd put money on air ingress or glowplugs.
It's misfiring like a bastard when you start it - that is nothing to do with oil.
Guaranteed the starting problem is nothing to do with oil - that's timing related smoke from poorly combusting diesel - it's actually not burning the diesel, rather boiling it and turning it into a vapor. Check your glowplugs for operation - sounds like duff ones to me - and check for any air ingress - does pumping the primer bulb before you start it help it clear up faster? Sounds reasonably advanced timing wise, so I'd put money on air ingress or glowplugs.
It's misfiring like a bastard when you start it - that is nothing to do with oil.
