sim0ng
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Registered: 13th Sep 04
Location: Rodborough, Gloucestershire
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I've got a damn oil leak and it looks bad :'( 1 week away from the damn MOT aswell! does this look easy to get repared and would it cost much?
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topshot_2k
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Registered: 1st Dec 03
Location: Northampton Drives: Pug GTi-6
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looks like your rocker cover gasket matey, mines leaking abit too, they cost a few quid from vauxhall and you can fit it in not long at all
undo them 8 bolts, disconnect hose, remove old gasket, clean up, add new gasket, replace rocker cover.
[Edited on 11-11-2004 by topshot_2k]
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sim0ng
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Registered: 13th Sep 04
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okees, I'm about to go out to an interview for mah new job, WISH ME LUCK! and I'll pop into a salvage yard and see if I can get one 2nd hand and fit it in the week end.
CHEERS!
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Greasemonkey
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DOnt use a second hand gasket it will 99% leak also need a new one, but matey the leak wont mean ya fail ya MOT
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steve101
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Registered: 25th Oct 04
Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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You can get them brand new for a couple of quid - got mine for 2.68+VAT, just do as topshot said, take off the bolts, remove the old one, and clean up the rocker cover and base and slap the new one on as obvious!
[Edited on 11-11-2004 by steve101]
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topshot_2k
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^^ USE a NEW gasket, only like a couple of quid i think.
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James R
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Also be careful when you remove the old as, cause I know someone that dropped some of his in to the engine and it blocked the oil pump :s (but it was a cork one)
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MJ
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Registered: 18th Sep 03
Location: Hampshire Drives: ITR DC2 + Skoda Felicia
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i had a leek aswell and it was the o ring around the distrubutor, replace that as well only £1
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sim0ng
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Registered: 13th Sep 04
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yea, i figued that out now..... i never put a car thro an mot before, last car i had i kept for 7 months and the guy who owned it before me MOT'd it just before i got it.
I been into a garage and asked them how much it would be for a new one,they said about £5 and then about £10 fitting, they have tighen't the one I already got in up and have given it a clean and told me to come back on monday if the oil has appeard again!
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