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chris16vsport
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10th Jan 12 at 16:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well....... Went to change my spark plugs yesterday. Put the tool in and the chamber is full of oil, well not full but quite a bit. Any idea what caused this? Head gasket? Any help muchly appreciated. Oh yeah its a corsa b sport 1.4 16v.

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[Edited on 10-01-2012 by chris16vsport]
VrsTurbo
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10th Jan 12 at 16:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
any running issues? could be the rocker gasket leaking into the hole.
chris16vsport
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10th Jan 12 at 16:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It idles at 1200 sometimes, but I thought that was the automatic choke. It's a bit groggy in 1st
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any blue smoke? as that would indicate burning oil in the cylinder. i would replace the rocker gasket 1/2hour job.
chris16vsport
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10th Jan 12 at 16:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No there Is no blue smoke, ill replace that then. Thanks for the help dude
johnhara1
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10th Jan 12 at 17:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If there's oil on the plugs before you've taken them out then it's clearly the rocker gasket.
corsadonk
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10th Jan 12 at 17:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah, just the rocker cover gasket, quite common on that engine.
chris16vsport
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Sorry for late response, any tips on getting the oil out of the chamber?
johnhara1
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20th Jan 12 at 23:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Take plugs out, oil will go into chamber and burn off in a few seconds.
DansCorsaSXi
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20th Jan 12 at 23:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
We'll sort it next week Chris.

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tom_simes
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I just shoved some kitchen roll down there to absorb as much as possible before I removed the plugs. The rest just burnt off, no worries.

 
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