New carb + white smoke + oil leak

[olly]

On Friday I finally fitted a new Weber 38 DGAS. Having successfully got it on and working (though not necessarily tuned properly), I've noticed a lot of white smoke coming from the exhaust and the breather as well as quite a lot of oil dropping from the engine (though I've not found the source yet).

I'm going to get it into a garage ASAP and up on a lift, but wondered if anyone has any thoughts on the white smoke in particular? I'm not sure they're all necessarily related?

Thanks!

[DrGonzoPOW]

Does it dissapear after the cars warmed up fully ? And does it smell of anything ?

[olly]

It doesn't unfortunately, still blows a lot of smoke when the car is warm. Not sure if it smells of anything in particular - is there something I should look out for?

[e21-Mark]

Is it smoke or steam? Steam would point to a failed head gasket or cracked head maybe? Is it the cam cover vent that has smoke coming from it? Might be an idea to do a compression test? What colour are the plugs when you take them out? Ideally, the electrode should be a tan colour but if they're all black & sooty the mixture is way too rich. If they're oily you have issues like worn bores.

[DrGonzoPOW]

Look under the oil filler cap and in the expansion tank. If water and oil are mixing then you have some issues mate

[nas80]

If this started after the carb was fitted I'd check it ain't just overfuelling? How bad is the oil leak?