Puff of smoke from left side of engine bay

[twobone]

After shut down I seem to get a small cloud of light smoke rising up from the front bottom left side of the engine (from the driver seat view).

The engine seems dry.

Any common culprits? Hopefully not a manifold leak. Hopefully just need to reseal the manifold to collector connection.

[Wicker Man]

Have you got PAS? If so, then l suspect a fluid leak from the U-bend near the pump. You mat get away wth just tightening up the hose clips, or else renew the two short nights of hose.

[QBee]

Exactly what I thought. I got similar results top right by overfilling the PAS reservoir.

[twobone]

Thanks. That seems a likely culprit. The PAS reservoir is in that area and the bottom of the reservoir seems a tad moist. I will add it to the list of things to address.

[JWzed]

Wicker Man said:

Have you got PAS? If so, then l suspect a fluid leak from the U-bend near the pump. You mat get away wth just tightening up the hose clips, or else renew the two short nights of hose.

I double jubilee clipped my U Bend! Stopped all the PAS moisture.

[twobone]

My car is a RHD to LHD conversion and so the plumbing is a little wonky. Hopefully the prior owner has done the proper pipes for the high and low pressure parts

It's going to a specialist here in Canada next week to get a bunch of stuff addressed