Beastlee
27-03-2010, 05:03 PM
Took the car out for a fill-up earlier and after an odd little skip in the otherwise smooth running Heidi noticed some wisps of smoke from under the bonnet. A quick look revealed that the smoke was from a couuple of runs of oil that had hit the exhaust. it looks like it's been slowly seeping for a while now as there's some older congealed oil there but it's obviously never got this much before. It appears to be coming from the centre rocker cover bolt and/or the seal at that point and it's not enough to drip from the bottom of the car so I'd like to stop it now before it gets worse. I have a couple of Qs:
1. anyone else got a similar leak?
2. Will I need to remove the rocker cover and replace the gasket and bolts or could I tighten up the bolt to close it up a little more?
3. Should I be worried?
If it's not one thing it's another but I'm being pramatic as it's a 14y.o car. If I need to spend more money on this then I'll have to pass up another opportunity
for a good part at a good price, which I'm not too happy about.
/thankyou as always for your help
Lee
1. anyone else got a similar leak?
2. Will I need to remove the rocker cover and replace the gasket and bolts or could I tighten up the bolt to close it up a little more?
3. Should I be worried?
If it's not one thing it's another but I'm being pramatic as it's a 14y.o car. If I need to spend more money on this then I'll have to pass up another opportunity
for a good part at a good price, which I'm not too happy about.
/thankyou as always for your help
Lee