Oil leak on rocker cover
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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.
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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
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He said it himself that he had to top up the oil probably gone between the cylinder and an oil way so its just burning off.
Always worth doing a cylinder leakage test and a compression test first as it might save you having to do both heads, and it might just be the front one thats gone :D
But if you need a skim you got to do them both!!
Always worth checking the valves for leaks too while the heads off, just pour a kettle over them and watch to see if there are any leaks and if so check the levels 10 mins or so later.
might as well paint the heads before you put them back on, and the rockers too and IM if you got time. Your not going to get a better chance.
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might aswell do both head gaskets, least you know they have both been done…
