| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
GEM2NV
tinkerer
Joined: 04 Oct 2001
Posts: 157
|
 Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 2:11 am Post subject: oil splatters? |
 |
|
hey all,
it seems after i drive my TG these days the inside of the bonnet has oil splattered just above the rocker cover. i dunno where its coming from but i needa know whats causing it and how to stop it!! there is usually some drops coming out the air cleaner and the air filter has heaps of it on it??!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Poizon
tinkerer
Joined: 05 Oct 2001
Posts: 81
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 3:01 am Post subject: Re: oil splatters? |
|
|
Do you have any of that pollution prevention shit on? if not, do you have a pipe coming out of the top of the cap towards the rear of the engine? if you don't there's ya answer. Get a nice piece of black piping and shove it down the side/back of the head.
Todd |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
GEM2NV
tinkerer
Joined: 04 Oct 2001
Posts: 157
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 3:26 am Post subject: Re: oil splatters? |
|
|
| nah mate its a stock engine so i dont think thats it. plus that doesnt explain why the air filter is covered in oil either |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Poizon
tinkerer
Joined: 05 Oct 2001
Posts: 81
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 3:34 am Post subject: Re: oil splatters? |
|
|
errrr sorry m8, didn't see that bit...
need new eyes...
yeah wouldn't cause air filter seepage.
Severe doubts, but coming throught the inlet manifold?? (like I said severe doubts - unless there is something DRASTICALLY wrong.... engine around the wrong way perhaps???? hehe)
Honestly, dunno, but mine was pissin oil outta the top hole b4, so it was worth a try.
Todd |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Adam
Site Admin
Joined: 04 Oct 2001
Posts: 682
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 3:57 am Post subject: Re: oil splatters? |
|
|
A couple of possibilitys... check the condition of your oil filler cap, many leak and only once there is a bit of crankcase pressure, this one had me dumbfounded for a while.
Secondly, if the engine has a bit of blowby there can be enough pressure in the crankcase to pump oil out of the engine and into the inlet manifold by a few paths, the first is the tappet cover vent, the second is the evaporative emissions pipe (running from sump to the splitter thingy and into the manifold).
The easiest way to find the source is the clean everything... I mean remove the air cleaner take the lid off and wipe every surface spotless, then wipe the tappet cover totally clean and clean any other oil... Then drive for a while, stop and see where the oil is coming from.
How are you rings? (note: I do not mean jewellery) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Poizon
tinkerer
Joined: 05 Oct 2001
Posts: 81
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 4:02 am Post subject: Brown oil splatters perhaps? |
|
|
Brown eye???
well, it's not jewelery...
(I'll shut up now...) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
wharfie
tinkerer
Joined: 04 Oct 2001
Posts: 195
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 2:40 pm Post subject: Re: oil splatters? |
|
|
| i have the same prob, i replaced the oil cap and theres also oil leaking from the rocker cover bolts, to fix the rocker cover bolts u will need to get replacement rubber washers for the bolts from rarespares or maybe holden www.rarespares.net.au |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
JFK
tinkerer
Joined: 05 Oct 2001
Posts: 159
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2002 9:19 pm Post subject: Re: oil splatters? |
|
|
| or any spares shop be cheaper than rare spares |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
GEM2NV
tinkerer
Joined: 04 Oct 2001
Posts: 157
|
| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2002 12:01 am Post subject: Re: oil splatters? |
|
|
i sorta have a feeling its the oil filler cap, but if it is how does the oil get into the air filter and the back of the rocker cover
i clean it but it doesnt really help me work out where it is coming from |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
wharfie
tinkerer
Joined: 04 Oct 2001
Posts: 195
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2002 3:13 am Post subject: Re: oil splatters? |
|
|
| rear rocker cover bolts? rocker cover gasket? ur running out of places to look lol |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
