smoke from exhaust manifold??????????????

hi the other night i went 2 start my mk1 (1.8carb) and smoke was comming out from underneath the carb i think it is the exhaust manifold??? any iders wt is wrong?????

cheers ryan stratton

What colour smoke? Have you topped up on your oil of late? might of missed & ended up with some on the manifold perhaps

gaz

Smoke or steam?

The manifold heater can leak and drip coolant onto the manifold.. also oil leaks from the rocker cover can make thier way onto the manifold too..

OR the manifold has cracked!

cheers guys deff smoke smells a bit like burning rubber.... but no rubber pipes r touching it iv checked. n yes i have done a full service on it so might be a bit of oil burning but it dont smell like burning oil?????

get a mirror and check between the inlet and exhauist, as above the coolant chanel oring in the inlet can go bad and leak onto zaust. the oring is in the 'hump' between inlet ports 3 and 4

Ive found the exact same problem a couple of days ago :s it smells like rubber to!

When did you last start the engine? And did you leave it and it continue to smoke, or stop eventually? If its been left a while, sometimes dust/dirt builds up on the manifold and takes 5-10 minutes to clear.

might be any oil residue from breather pipe to airbox dripping between the joint on air filter box which is directly over the manifolds.
Give that a look fella