A puff of oil smoke

[BIGJake111]

I understand this is normal but am trying to make better sense of the timing. Sometimes the car will, sometimes it won't.

How do factors such as length of last driving session, amount of time the car has sat, outside temp, slope, and rigor of last drive affect this? If anyone knows.

[Jamesp]

Like everyone else said - no worries, its a flat engine thing. Good question, when mine did it I thought the worst.

[rick3000]

Originally Posted by BIGJake111

I understand this is normal but am trying to make better sense of the timing. Sometimes the car will, sometimes it won't.

How do factors such as length of last driving session, amount of time the car has sat, outside temp, slope, and rigor of last drive affect this? If anyone knows.

In my personal experience, it tends to happen more often when the car has been sitting or if the oil level is a little high. My 986 doesn't really get the white smoke that often. Again, just my observations.

[Rob175]

Thanks for the replies......
(btw...Mark_T: I DO know how to search and did try a few searches but couldn't find anything, perhaps the search "term or word" I was using wasn't the best)