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corsaon18s |
posted on 25th Jul 03 at 10:01 |
only done 48K | |
Fad |
posted on 25th Jul 03 at 09:57 |
quote: 10/40 either magnetec or vauxhal own semi sythetic. When i had my head gasket done the garrage put in fully synthetic and it made it very tappy. Go for semi synthetic 10/40 | |
Gambit |
posted on 25th Jul 03 at 09:30 |
depends on mileage of the car | |
corsaon18s |
posted on 25th Jul 03 at 08:54 |
what oil should i be using? i got a 1.2 8v little bit noisy on startup, thought magnatec should take care of that? | |
Gambit |
posted on 25th Jul 03 at 08:34 |
yes thin oil will cause the tappet noise u hear on startup | |
MoNkEy MaGiC |
posted on 25th Jul 03 at 00:42 |
thanks again for the info guys, | |
luca2020 |
posted on 24th Jul 03 at 16:25 |
can be many things, but 2 main ones are: | |
miles |
posted on 24th Jul 03 at 11:58 |
valve stem seals is a head off job. Same cost really as changing the head gasket. its a good time to change the cam belt as well. | |
fordxr3 |
posted on 24th Jul 03 at 11:09 |
yeh, would stick to more viscoss 15/40, 20/40 , 20/50 etc? nothing too thin | |
Gambit |
posted on 24th Jul 03 at 11:04 |
the oil he is using is too thin for the engine and it's just pissin it all away | |
fordxr3 |
posted on 24th Jul 03 at 11:00 |
could it be dissy oil seals? the ford cvh engines tend to leak here(not much like but worth askin u) | |
fordxr3 |
posted on 24th Jul 03 at 10:59 |
needs to be done really soon if its lossin that much oil then who knows next time it might only last a day and oil seals are much cheaper than new engines and rebores etc, i had a problem like this on orion ghia it was the sump | |
Gambit |
posted on 24th Jul 03 at 08:26 |
agreed, and if it's a high miler & still losing some oil then try 20w-40 | |
Cybermonkey |
posted on 24th Jul 03 at 07:59 |
monkey, do not use fully synthetic oil because your engine is too old and the viscosity is not high enough. stick with what is in the manual. 15-40w should be used. | |
Corsa^Dan |
posted on 24th Jul 03 at 07:32 |
depends where the leak is... is its sump.. replace the gasket.. case of undoing bolts | |
Cavey |
posted on 24th Jul 03 at 00:15 |
Similar thing to this, not trying to hijack the thread.. BUT, how do you fix oil leaks ? Might sound a dumbass question, but i just wanna know | |
MoNkEy MaGiC |
posted on 24th Jul 03 at 00:07 |
since i topped it up 2 days ago its fine not gone down in oil level, but i havnt noticed any extra smoke on gear change or blue smoke at all!!!!!!:boggle::boggle::boggle: | |
Greasemonkey |
posted on 22nd Jul 03 at 21:31 |
My GSI empties its sump once a week!!!! oil valve stem seals or god forbid piston rings, if there is smoke on the gear change its seals, smoke all the time its piston rings | |
Corsa^Dan |
posted on 22nd Jul 03 at 11:50 |
either burnt or leak, | |
MoNkEy MaGiC |
posted on 22nd Jul 03 at 11:40 |
yeah thats what i thought, but its not normal to burn all the oil in the engine within a week!!! | |
Corsa^Dan |
posted on 22nd Jul 03 at 11:30 |
burnt it all?? | |
MoNkEy MaGiC |
posted on 22nd Jul 03 at 11:28 |
checked my gsi last week and the oil level was fine on max, then yesterday i noticed the engine making a noticeable tapping/clicking noise!!! so i stopped n checked oil!!! n fcuk me it was empty!!!!!! i went to the nearest petrol station and got some more engine oil!! |