VE V8 randomly blow smoke - a lot of it !

[Batca]

Valves. Seals and guides. Oil running down the warm valves into the cylinders as you decelerate or coast down hills, followed by a big puff of blue when you ignite it all with your first squirt of gas. A litre a week yet? More?

This. Good opportunity for a cylinder head rebuild

 

[Dayvo]

Yep, the black dump pipe down the side,

I stand corrected, I think the 149 & 179 had the dump pipe.

So did my old 186s hr Holden