Sad days for the Cuore :'(

[LadySteve]

Thanks for all the advice guys... All of it is really handy! As steve said we tried some redex stop smoke and fuel system treatment but so far its not really changed anything. However we did figure out that it only spits oil/smoke out the back when its left idle/revved straight from cold. We tried it after running around in it all morning and it was completely clean, then left it for a few hours and tried again and it spat big chunks of oil out all over the road. This had us thinking, if whoever does the MOT does the emissions tests while the cars hot, it might not cause a problem, but obviously thats all based on luck. Next time im down south we shall have to see if we can get together and put in fresh rings etc like you all say. Until then just gonna have to keep trying the easy routes and hope one of them work.