chunky_nb
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ive literally spent a fortune on this car fixing it in last few weeks but now the fuckin thing is losing oil and i mean shit loads, i filled it on thursday and now all gone wtf? its running rich and my dad started it this morning to move it and a large ploom of white smoke came out the back do these symptoms say anything to you corsa gurus?
[Edited on 28-01-2008 by chunky_nb]
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Richardhhha
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i hear you on spending a fortune to get it right, my cars being a shit with its emissions... Anyway your car, can you visually see any oil leaks? Any mayo in the coolant bottle? Running like a sack of crap?
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Warren G
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head gasket?
piston rings?
oil leak?
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chunky_nb
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no milkyness in oil cap no loss of water or oil in water, my sump is defo leaking but i think its only the gasket its nt missing when driving but theres a slight miss on idle and the white ploom my dad was on about and the running rich is quite worrying
[Edited on 28-01-2008 by chunky_nb]
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drbeansri
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oil pressure sensor / (or what ever its called)
just had to replace mine..... oil was pissing everywhere.
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chunky_nb
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quote:
Originally posted by drbeansri
oil pressure sensor / (or what ever its called)
just had to replace mine..... oil was pissing everywhere.
would tht be why its running rich as well
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Warren G
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nothing to do with it at all
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chunky_nb
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so wot u think it could be then?
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Warren G
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quote:
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head gasket?
piston rings?
oil leak?
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Graham88
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Running rich could be a different fault. Any ECU lights?
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chunky_nb
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quote:
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head gasket?
piston rings?
oil leak?
i defo have oil leak, i dont think its head gasket as i have no milkyness or loss of water, my 1.2 8v head gasket went with all the symptoms but this is diff piston rings is normally blue smoke isn't it? would it run rich if piston rings are gone?
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Warren G
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headgasket = miss fire on start up, white smoke, and if its blown across a oil water it will burn oil too
piston rings - smoke at high end revs tyically blue/ grey/ white
how much oil is it loosing?
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chunky_nb
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quote:
Originally posted by warren.g
headgasket = miss fire on start up, white smoke, and if its blown across a oil water it will burn oil too
piston rings - smoke at high end revs tyically blue/ grey/ white
how much oil is it loosing?
lost a full sump in 3 days 
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chunky_nb
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Running rich could be a different fault. Any ECU lights?
no ecu/eml
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Warren G
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quote:
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headgasket = miss fire on start up, white smoke, and if its blown across a oil water it will burn oil too
piston rings - smoke at high end revs tyically blue/ grey/ white
how much oil is it loosing?
lost a full sump in 3 days
what do you call a full sump?!!!
i call that no oil aka 3.5litres!
from max on the dip stick to where in how long?
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Graham88
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Have you checked under the car for oil puddles? Or is it just burning it?
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chunky_nb
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quote:
Originally posted by warren.g
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Originally posted by chunky_nb
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Originally posted by warren.g
headgasket = miss fire on start up, white smoke, and if its blown across a oil water it will burn oil too
piston rings - smoke at high end revs tyically blue/ grey/ white
how much oil is it loosing?
lost a full sump in 3 days
what do you call a full sump?!!!
i call that no oil aka 3.5litres!
from max on the dip stick to where in how long?
ok i usually put the oil just over half way between the max and min on dip stick, from there to literally nothing on the dipstick in 3 days thurs-sun
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chunky_nb
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Have you checked under the car for oil puddles? Or is it just burning it?
lot of oil on my drive but nt the full sump or wotever very confused? quite sure my sump gasket (o-ring) has perished which is why theres a fair bit of oil on the drive but its nt a massive puddle its bout 6 inch puddle thts it wheres the rest of the oil gone lol
[Edited on 28-01-2008 by chunky_nb]
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Warren G
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fix the oil leak first, that sounds like alot
let alone when driving :l
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Graham88
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quote:
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Originally posted by Graham88
Have you checked under the car for oil puddles? Or is it just burning it?
lot of oil on my drive but nt the full sump or wotever very confused? quite sure my sump gasket (o-ring) has perished which is why theres a fair bit of oil on the drive but its nt a massive puddle its bout 6 inch puddle thts it wheres the rest of the oil gone lol
Once the car cools down the oil will thicken up, so the puddle on your drive is only from when it's just been parked there. The oil could be leaking whilst your driving. Replace the sump gasket and O ring gasket if I were you, an oil leak could be your whole problem.
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chunky_nb
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my m8 gonna have a look at it on Thursday hope it is just tht gasket, if nt im gonna be skint lol thanks lads feel free to keep posting if u think of nefin else i will be chacking this constantly as its worrying me quite a bit and is completely pissing on my plans for the car
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Graham88
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Why can't you just jack it up and replace it? Not hard at all to do the O ring, as you are losing oil anyway it won't take long to drain it, whilst you're at it could do the filter too 
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chunky_nb
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sorry bit out band practice, aint gt time with college and work plus the manfold is in the way 
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Warren G
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i think its more import, as when it seizes its gonna be alot more work
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Graham88
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quote:
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i think its more import, as when it seizes its gonna be alot more work
 And trust me engine changes suck.
I can't see the manifold being the way though. Oil changes take me 20 mins max, I'm sure you can find the time.
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