Oil leak on rocker cover
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i have a leak.. rocker cover gasket has a leak .. to make it worse its the back one that leaks the most the front one just slightly . took it to a garage they wanted about 280 sheets just for the back one … need to get it done but is that price right or can anyone help..
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sorry cant help as your too far away fella but there quite easy to do..repalced the front one for a member in 20mins…
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front ones are easy its the back ones that are a paince cus u obv have to take the inlet manifold off i got a friend in bullwell nottingham who does alot of the work for mx-3's i can always see if he could help u out and sort u out with a price and number.
you would have to buy the rocker cover gaskets urself obv and i would advise a new tb gasket as its always worth doing. also if u need a new knocksensor i would ask him to do it then as hes already half way there heh
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£280?! Does that include the KY jelly so the shafting doesn't hurt too much?!
That sounds more like a head gasket price. I recommend doing it yourself, but I would say that, take me about 1hr, most of which is cleaning the mating surfaces.
IF you lived near me I'd do it for £50. Doing exactly this was the first real maintenance I ever did on a car. Took about 2.5 hours being a complete noob.
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told you to come and see me ash..
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Shame bout the distance, i done my one's also, after an awful lot of engine staring….amazed by how many pipes and plugs this thing needs to operate!!!
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will be going to your neck of the woods in september . going to camarthen bay area and cardiff.
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but you want it fixed before then right? we'll have to meet up and do some comparing
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if you want it doing ash let me know
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will do welly i will order parts on wednesday when i get paid.. then we will give it ago.
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im free thursday and friday night dude
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try this, my mate done it with a cerial box on his golf 2.8l vr6 and it worked perfrct http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rx5hGKt1PY
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not had the money to do this yet . but it has started to smoke i abit keeps puffing out white smoke on acceleration. it smells sweet i am assumeing its the gaskets that need doing !!!
am i right?
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No, rocker gasket leaks will not make your car smoke.
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sounds like head gasket…
Has is it overheated at all? got mayo under your oil cap?
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not had the money to do this yet . but it has started to smoke i abit keeps puffing out white smoke on acceleration. it smells sweet i am assumeing its the gaskets that need doing !!!
am i right?You dont actually say where the smoke is coming from :?: :?:
I had smoke coming out of bonnet vent due to oil leaking on manifold.Smoke out of exhaust definitely nothing to do with Rocker gasket.
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sorry yes out of exhaust but only occasionally its white smoke. no mayo under oil cap . i topped up with oil the other day . is it easy to change head gasket im ordering rocker gaskets
soon . theres a full set of gaskets on probe store for £130 would that do everything, head gasket rocker gasket etc…
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not always mayo on cap if head gaskets gone
shouldnt be to bad to do
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do you think we can do it then welly . if so i will order the gasket set tommorow
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yeee
depends if the heads need skimming also
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i can categorically vouch that just cus there is no mayo on the oil cap dosent mean ur head gasket hasnt gone. safest way to be sure is go to a garage and get them to test if there is any fuel in ur radiator. i.e unburnt hydro carbons.
