david.hanagan

Hi all I am new here, and im sorry my first post is a plea for advice. I am a massive VDub fan, currently restoring my MK1 GTI Golf, its my complete baby however as my daily i am driving an awful Saxo 1.1l, the worst car ever but to be fair to it its helped me out of a whole for running around! Anyways, i want a VW daily as they are realiable (Ironic im posting about a problem), and in my eyes alot cooler! I have a chance to pick up a Lupo 1.4S cheap, only problem is it has a Blue smoke issue. I have done a search on here, and it seems its quite common but barely any of the threads have a resolution, people seem to give an idea as to what the problem is but noone posts to say they have sorted it. It seems piston rings and stem seals pop up quite a bit. The body of text below is the advert for the car, can anyone give me any ideas what the chances of it only being the stem seals are, as i dont mind doing them but i will begrudge removing the block to do the rings... 'VW 1.4 Lupo. 2001 Y registered. It has a few marks here and there but for an 11 year old car is in good order.It drives very well and has 7 service stamps, with a reference to a cambelt and water pump replacement at 56,000 miles and is Mot 'ed until November 3rd 2012. Thats the good bit then the other day for no reason that we know it started to smoke badly from when it warms up.There are no rattles or any other symptons except white/blue smoke and lots of it.Could be as simple as a head gasket or piston rings but without taking it apart we do not know.If you are or know a mechanic with VW knowledge then this could be the ideal car for a learner or as a run about that could be repaired cheaply. If you need to know anything please ask.' Can anyone offer me some advice? Regards D.