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Doc
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Joined: 11 Feb 2005
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Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:24 am |
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Just changed my plugs and leads and have noticed a lot of oil in the plug wells.
What would cause this? |
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Chris H
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Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:28 am |
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leaky rocker cover gasket, nip the bolts up, chances are they are loose. |
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Swervin_Mervin
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Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:44 am |
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They can be like this without any trouble though as well can't they? Mate's had his gasket changed and it still gets mucky. |
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Chris H
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Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:49 am |
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they will eventually cause missfires.
Problem is peopel don;t torque the cover in the right order so the gasket doesn't have the correct crush on it. |
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Swervin_Mervin
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Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:08 am |
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Might get round to doing mine at some point! |
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Doc
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Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:29 am |
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ok, have knipped the bolts up a bit and cleaned the oil off.
I'll take it out for a spin and see if it made any differance. |
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astrojon007
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Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:31 am |
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Should be fine, cleaned my plugs and wells during fag break then went for a drive round town. Told boss I'd be back in 5 but ended up taking 20 LOL. car works perfect now tho. Part from the blow. |
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Doc
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Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:56 am |
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seems to have done the job!! 
I did however have a shed load of white smoke blowing out the exhaust (untill I gave it 6500rpm in 3rd and 4th to blow it out).
It smelt a bit ritch but didn't seem to be burning any oil (you'd usualy smell it if it was).
I guess it was just burning something off??
anyone got any ideas? |
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Bridges
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Joined: 13 May 2004
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Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:57 pm |
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Give it a good thrashing. No problems on an engine that can't be solved with a good old thrashing.
(no responsibility can be taken for anyone following this advice and blowing up their car)  |
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Chris H
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Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:37 am |
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be just condensation in the exhaust in fact i'm gonna do a sticky on it! |
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Doc
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Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:23 am |
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look forward to that.  |
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