ryanlockie
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Registered: 25th May 10
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Hi there,
My x16xe seems to be drinking oil, about a litre in a week at it's worst, I'm only doing short trips at a time mind about 7 miles then 7 mine after about 3 hours. I'm using magnatec 10/40 and i've done a full oil change 1K ago.
I have noticed it's all over the engine bay and ontop of the gearbox, however I didn't have the breater covered due to having a inlet manifold fitted, I have just this morning attached a pipe and a bottle as a catch tank to see how much I get out and after a 15~ mile journey I have about 50ml of yellow sludge in the bottle is this normal?
Also is there anywhere else to look for an obvious oil leak? The crankcase has a lot of black "goo" around it, does it have a gasket that i should replace?
Also there is no smoke or tapping, runs perfectly with oil in and no blue smoke or white smoke when the engine is up to temperature.
Cheers Guys!
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
Location: Essex
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TBH I think the first thing I would do is clean all of the bay so you can see it all.
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ryanlockie
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Registered: 25th May 10
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Whats the best way to clean it all up?
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Bueno
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Registered: 23rd Jun 10
Location: Emmer Green, Berkshire
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gunk
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