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oil on engine
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:21 am
by ronhud
Should I be worried about this level of oil on my engine or is it fairly normal?
Driver side
Passenger side
Ron
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:30 am
by helen&tony
Hi
It looks pretty normal from what I have heard. Mine is like that, and it loses no oil between services at all. i have blanked off my EGR a while back with one of Allans smashing kits, and it now seems a bit more baked on, so it could be from that source?
Cheers
Helen
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:44 am
by scanner
"They are all like that Sir"
To quote a well know phrase or saying.
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:34 pm
by mikeonb4c
Mine too. When I bought it, some of the oil on the rocker cover (towards the rear, nearside) seemd fresh. So I GENTLY tightened the rocker cover nuts in that area (overtightening could distort the cover thus moving the problem and/or risking cracking it - that's how I saw it anyway). Then I gunked the area. I don't think there's been any fresh oil since.
The area round the diesel injector always looks oily, but I think that is down in most part to my slight leak on the injector oil seals. Hey ho!
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:45 pm
by You've Been Bongod
mine to the rocker gaskets all leak slightly but nowt to worry about
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:37 pm
by Magwa
just like mine
thats normal
don't worry
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:52 pm
by lizard
Thank you fellow bongoers, I am glad that I am normal to.
Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
Jodie Foster
US movie actress (1962 - )
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:01 pm
by brorabongo
Mine, on the drivers side is wet with oil between the head and the block.
Is there an oil stop leak additive which works?
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:05 pm
by lizard
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:34 pm
by ronhud
Thanks to all - thought it was worth checking so can rest easy now.
Ron
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:45 pm
by haydn callow
Think you will find most of it comes from the EGR and in fact not the oil system.
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:14 pm
by Mr Halibut
It's almost like looking at pictures of my own engine. I tend to wipe at it everyttime i'm in there for something but it seems to like being there and keeps coming bacvk over time.
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:57 pm
by Bob
Looks just like mine, and again I've never had to top up between services.
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:31 am
by bigdaddycain
My reply reads much the same as helen&tony's... The oil looked fresh for years,blanked the E.G.R,then the oil dried up. All was still clear the last time i looked.
Re: oil on engine
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:07 pm
by You've Been Bongod
thats good to know bdc now i will get my egr blanked off as have had the kit for about 1 1/2 years
