Oil leak on rocker cover
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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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@fd727e2a4a=ash:
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.
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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.
A basic way to test is have the expansion tank top off when the engine is hot (not the radiator cap) and smell the water, if it smells like exhaust fumes get it checked
