Can somebody just give me some advice on these bits please
I have searched but the info I need for the a8 engine seems to all be hearsay and I know some of you on here know more than I ever will so......
Serviced the car this morning and thought I would do a compression test while I was at it.
Car warmed up first, dizzy unplugged, fuel pump disabled and tested for 8 seconds on WOT
Results were : 278 274 263 278
Tested twice and got basically the same results, these were on a dry test.
One is obviously lower than the others - is that an issue or is is going to cause an issue further down the line.
Second Question,
Took the plugs out and they were nice and dry and the rightish sort of colours. New plugs in and out for a drive - a normal drive driving to about 4-4.500 rpm. Plugs out still nice and dry.
Out for another drive, warmed it up and then gave it a damn good thrashing, almost redline style - back home plugs out and some oil on the ends of the threads.
Is that normal - I do get a single puff of smoke out of the exhaust as I go into VTEC on a journey, it is only on the first time I hit VTEC and there is never any more on that journey and it is only enough to be able to notice it at night if there is a car close behind with headlights on. Can't see it in daylight. You can hit VTEC, get a puff of smoke, drive normally for an hour and hit it again and no smoke, so it really is only once.
The engine is an a8 and it has 118000 miles on it with an absolutely complete service history. It drives smoothly and accelerates smoothly, no noises no lumpiness etc.
From the above what so the engine wizards think. Is it healthy or am I gonna be expecting some work shortly?
Any advice appreciated.
I have always assumed that first smokey puff was a bit of a clearout - both my B16 civics did it too. 
