Gents, thanks in advance for your input. Car has 77k, BSM done, meticulously maintained. A few thousand miles ago noticed a decent smoke plume at cold start-up and this has continued. Also if car idles 5 minutes or more, car smokes like hell until on the highway for a few minutes. It is a bluish-grey smoke. No coolant loss noted BUT I have noticed some oil consumption. Today I opened the hood to check the oil and found that the dipstick was OUT about 2 inches and oil had sprayed onto the underhood insulation blanket and surrounding area! Oil is still on the hatched dipstick mark. Car now parked. Advice appreciated, THANKS!