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Author Major OIL problem!!!
MoNkEy MaGiC
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   22nd Jul 03 at 11:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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!!

were could all the oil have gone within a week????

my car had a oil leak few months ago but was ok now, i checked the places ive parked n their was no sign of oil leaks???

help guys as im confused??
Corsa^Dan
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22nd Jul 03 at 11:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

burnt it all??
MoNkEy MaGiC
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22nd Jul 03 at 11:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yeah thats what i thought, but its not normal to burn all the oil in the engine within a week!!!

so what could be wrong???
Corsa^Dan
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22nd Jul 03 at 11:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

either burnt or leak,

but i think u would of noticed if it burt all that oil, would be pushing shite loads of blue smoke... hmm

u toppped it up and has it gone down?
Greasemonkey
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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
MoNkEy MaGiC
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   24th Jul 03 at 00:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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!!!!!!

so, how much isit for new oil valve stem seal???

and does new piston rings cost loads???

ive heard the Gsi corsas have oil problems!!!!
i use GTX magnatec 10-40w, is this ok, ive heard a fully synthetic oils are better, but are they any good for the Gsi corsas???

thanks for the help guys
Cavey
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24th Jul 03 at 00:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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
Corsa^Dan
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24th Jul 03 at 07:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

depends where the leak is... is its sump.. replace the gasket.. case of undoing bolts
Cybermonkey
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24th Jul 03 at 07:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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.
Gambit
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24th Jul 03 at 08:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

agreed, and if it's a high miler & still losing some oil then try 20w-40
fordxr3
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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
fordxr3
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could it be dissy oil seals? the ford cvh engines tend to leak here(not much like but worth askin u)
Gambit
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24th Jul 03 at 11:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

the oil he is using is too thin for the engine and it's just pissin it all away
fordxr3
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yeh, would stick to more viscoss 15/40, 20/40 , 20/50 etc? nothing too thin
miles
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24th Jul 03 at 11:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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.

Piston rings is also head off plus sump off.

Id say cost of head gasket change plus £60 for rings, £10 for sump gasket, £10 for rod bolts. Then a few hours labour
luca2020
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24th Jul 03 at 16:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

can be many things, but 2 main ones are:

oil valve stem sills

or

if ur engine has done alot of miles, then the bores will be warn, so ull need to get them re-bored and over sized pistons fitted
MoNkEy MaGiC
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   25th Jul 03 at 00:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

thanks again for the info guys,

my Gsi has done almost 80,000 miles !!! so i guess i should be using a 20-40w oil at least, right??? and whats the best brand to use???

my car makes a clicking tapping noise upon start up for few minutes!! i guess using a thin oil causes that so using a thicker oil should cure that problem init???

so are all fully synthetic oils thin, 0-35w or 5-40w or sumting like that???

Gambit
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25th Jul 03 at 08:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yes thin oil will cause the tappet noise u hear on startup

corsaon18s
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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
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depends on mileage of the car
Fad
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25th Jul 03 at 09:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by MoNkEy MaGiC
thanks again for the info guys,

my Gsi has done almost 80,000 miles !!! so i guess i should be using a 20-40w oil at least, right??? and whats the best brand to use???

my car makes a clicking tapping noise upon start up for few minutes!! i guess using a thin oil causes that so using a thicker oil should cure that problem init???

so are all fully synthetic oils thin, 0-35w or 5-40w or sumting like that???




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
corsaon18s
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25th Jul 03 at 10:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

only done 48K

 
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