any pictures of the situation? maybe leakage someplace that the fan is spreading back across the engine? most high mile 283's will put some misty smoke out the oil filler .... could it be bad valve cover gaskets and valve seals? ["smoke when I first start out"]

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot