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| 1441.1 | | CRATE::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Tue May 14 1991 22:36 | 15 |
| 1441.2 | Some help?? | CSCMA::KOECK | | Mon May 20 1991 23:58 | 11 |
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If memory serves me, you would have to take off the
valve cover, remove the rocker assembly and pull out the push
rod. Then you can remove the tube. I doubt that you could
reuse the old tube, but there is a replacement made that can
be expanded in place. I will look to see where I read about
it tonight. Hope this helps.
Tom
P.S. The air cooled note is IOSG::AIR_COOLED
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| 1441.3 | A leaky RS Turbo... | BELFST::FLANAGAN | Sir your shrubbery attacked me | Thu Jul 30 1992 14:14 | 28 |
| No I don't own a VW transporter van, but I do have a rather worrying
oil leak on my '89 Escort RS Turbo.
There is oil appearing on the exhaust manifold at the front of the
engine. I assumed that the oil was leaking from the rocker cover gasket
above and running down the fron of the head onto the manifold where it
gets burnt and turns black and noticable. After having the rocker
gasket changed the problem is still there. I then changed the rocker
gasket again myself just to be sure and cleaned all around the front of
the engine with a toothbrush and Gunk to remove all the old oil and so
I could see exactly where it is coming from.... The result of this is
that there is no oil leaking down from the rocker gasket but it appears
that it is bubbling out from behind the exhaust manifold gasket onto
the manifold itself and dripping down further from there. All the
manifold nuts are tight - I've checked that. I was under the
impression that oil should definitely not come out of there anyway.
Do you think it's serious doctor???
I'm popping round to the Ford dealer at lunch to see if they can help.
The car is still under warranty, but in the warranty booklet it states
that external oil leaks are expressely excluded...
Could it be valve stem oil seals or something a lot more serious like a
cracked block? :-(
Worriedly yours,
Gary.
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| 1441.4 | | ESBS01::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Thu Jul 30 1992 14:46 | 25 |
| 1441.5 | | BELFST::FLANAGAN | Sir your shrubbery attacked me | Thu Jul 30 1992 15:19 | 10 |
| I am certain it's not the turbo leaking oil as this is below the the
four branch exhaust manifold where it routes into one pipe and then into
the turbocharger. The oil is only appearing from behind the 4 branch
exhaust manifold bolted direcly onto the front of the engine where the
exhaust ports are.
I haven't a clue where it's coming from, but it's got worse over the
past couple of weeks :-(
Gary.
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| 1441.6 | | BELFST::FLANAGAN | Sir your shrubbery attacked me | Thu Jul 30 1992 17:46 | 11 |
| Well it looks like bad news I'm afraid. I took the car to an RS dealer
at lunchtime, and they thought it was a rather perculiar oil leak too.
Their only guess is a cracked head. What fun eh? :-(
So it's booked in on Monday to have the turbo and exhaust manifold
whipped off to have a closer look.
I just hope it's covered by the warrenty - if not, then I've to pay for
the stripping and new cyclinder head...
Gary.
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| 1441.7 | | NEWOA::SAXBY | Born again reincarnationist | Thu Jul 30 1992 17:53 | 4 |
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I hate to say it, but...no I won't....
Mark
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| 1441.8 | | ESBS01::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Thu Jul 30 1992 17:54 | 10 |
| 1441.9 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | Teledildonics? Good grief! | Thu Jul 30 1992 19:54 | 3 |
| It could just be the gasket...
Laurie.
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| 1441.10 | | BELFST::FLANAGAN | Sir your shrubbery attacked me | Thu Jul 30 1992 20:05 | 7 |
| The exhaust manifold gasket you mean Laurie?
I thought that it shouldn't have oil behind it! :-/
Ah well I hope it is nothing too expensive, but I think it looks bad.
Gary.
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| 1441.11 | | NEWOA::SAXBY | Born again reincarnationist | Thu Jul 30 1992 20:13 | 4 |
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Head?
Mark
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| 1441.12 | | BELFST::FLANAGAN | Sir your shrubbery attacked me | Thu Jul 30 1992 21:05 | 10 |
| If the head gasket is leleaking, then I'd have water in the oil
wouldn't I? - I've checked the oil filler cap and there is no frothy
guff there, and no signs of oil in the cooling system expansion tank.
There is burning Mobil 1 smoke eminating from the bonnet vents though
:-)
Gee I'm glad I can still smile in a crisis.
Gary.
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| 1441.13 | Hope it isn't as bad is it could be... | ESBS01::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Thu Jul 30 1992 21:11 | 8 |
| 1441.14 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | Teledildonics? Good grief! | Thu Jul 30 1992 21:28 | 3 |
| What they said.
Laurie.
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| 1441.15 | RS oil leak cured by miracle Ford doctor... | BELFST::FLANAGAN | Sir your shrubbery attacked me | Tue Aug 04 1992 17:06 | 13 |
| I got the beast back yesterday and I'm happy to say that all is fixed
for a "mere" 46 squid.
The garage removed the turbo and the exhaust manifold to check for
cracks in the front of the cylinder head. They didn't find anything
amiss thank goodness, so put it back together with a new exhaust
manifold gasket. They then eventually traced the oil leak to the
distributer gasket, from where it was travelling across the front of
the manifold. So they replaced this gasket too and cleaned all the old
oil off. They then proceded on an 11 mile test drive (at hair raising
speed no doubt :-) and the oil leak has disappeared!
Gary.
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| 1441.16 | Beauty!!!! | REPAIR::ATKINS | | Tue Aug 04 1992 17:25 | 10 |
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Gary,
I also had on oil leak from the cylinder head region,which
I manged to trace to the distributors O ring which had split and was
causing a leak.
It's a small world isn't it!
Andy.
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