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PaulW |
posted on 31st Dec 03 at 00:12 |
check the oil hose which goes to cam housing (looking at front from car, where dizzy is, back of cam housing, about 2 inches in from dizzy), its a real shitter of a hose, and a weak spot too, can become worn & leak | |
mike_1.2LS96 |
posted on 31st Dec 03 at 00:11 |
Will do. I cleaned it a while back just to make certain it was leaking and not spilt oil. | |
J da Silva |
posted on 31st Dec 03 at 00:08 |
your best bet is to clean all oil thats spilled out onto your engine and components. and just keep an eye on the leak day by day, you'll eventually trace it to where its coming from | |
mike_1.2LS96 |
posted on 31st Dec 03 at 00:07 |
No I replaced the rocker cover gasket only a month ago. Not exactly sure about where this oil comes from. Its definetly from above the head-gasket level. There is no creamy stuff in oil cap, no loss of oil. | |
PaulW |
posted on 31st Dec 03 at 00:05 |
plus the threads are soooo easy to fek up in the head & then you need to use a longer bolt - is never the same after you do that though! :lol: | |
J da Silva |
posted on 31st Dec 03 at 00:03 |
might sound daft but tighten to headcasing on TOO tight can also bust them, happened so many times to me when the local garage trainee thinks 'holy pants, thats not tight enough, must tighten head ' :lol: | |
PaulW |
posted on 30th Dec 03 at 23:58 |
quote: could also be a cork gasket, more common on 1.2 8v's. either replace the cork gasket, or get a new roker-cover from vaux or a scrappy for an 8v which takes rubber gaskets, they last much longer | |
PaulW |
posted on 30th Dec 03 at 23:57 |
visual signs of headgasket could be... | |
J da Silva |
posted on 30th Dec 03 at 23:56 |
^^^^thats aimed at mike by the way | |
J da Silva |
posted on 30th Dec 03 at 23:56 |
maybe your top gasket rubber has split, they split quite easily | |
mike_1.2LS96 |
posted on 30th Dec 03 at 23:51 |
quote: Whats the visual signs tho. I have small (tiny) drops of oil coming from somewhere and resting on the flat part near the dipstick. :boggle: | |
jjcymru |
posted on 30th Dec 03 at 23:49 |
failed plugs were causing this on my dads car | |
PaulW |
posted on 30th Dec 03 at 23:47 |
was it an explosive bang or metal-clank-bang? | |
Meat-Pie-SRI |
posted on 30th Dec 03 at 23:36 |
head gaskett | |
J da Silva |
posted on 30th Dec 03 at 12:53 |
explain in a bit more detail please | |
bazman |
posted on 30th Dec 03 at 12:29 |
Got a corsa B sri 8v, and last night it was making loud banging noises and then cutting out whenever i stopped, it lost all power and sounded like shit |