Engine smoke.

Rich Green

Electrician
T6 Pro
Hi all. I use my van very little however I took it out for a short run on Sunday and within about 3mins of driving I stopped to grab a coffee. I saw some blue/grey smoke coming from the engine bay (quite a lot) had a bit of a panic on and popped bonnet. The smoke was appearing to come from the rear of the engine. I continued to use it for maybe a 5 mile journey and it cleared up fairly quickly. I have taken it to garage who got it up on there ramps and showed me all around the engine. All seals and pipes are bone dry and no sign of a leak anywhere? They have kept the van for 3 days and monitored it and again can’t find anything of concern. Any suggestions? They said it may have been doing a regen but that was just a passing comment and they weren’t sure at all. It is a 2011 2.0tdi I wasn’t aware they even did a regen? Thanks in advance.
 
Any chance you had any spilt oil on engine or any other substance as this will smoke up when engine is hot.
 
Ok just a thought as this has happened to me once when I had changed engine oil and next time I drove after a while smoke came out of engine bay once motor heated up.
 
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