Oil leak following rebuild
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Oil leak following rebuild
A couple of months ago I had my engine rebuilt following a sudden and unexplained big end failure.
I've done 2000 miles since then and had occasionally smelled burning oil. Today I saw blue smoke coming from under the bonnet, so I pulled over and took a look under the bonnet.
The smoke was coming from the front of the engine at the driver's side:
There was also oil visible in a couple of other places:
Needless to say, given that I personally know two other scooby owners who have suffered engine fires I called the AA and had it recovered back to the garage where the engine was rebuilt. About five hours later, thanks to a typically crappy train service, I'm finally back home. Not happy
Given that the engine had a complete rebuild recently, I guess it could be coming from anywhere - but can anyone please suggest what could be leaking and what the likely remedial work is likely to be?
Thanks
Andy.
I've done 2000 miles since then and had occasionally smelled burning oil. Today I saw blue smoke coming from under the bonnet, so I pulled over and took a look under the bonnet.
The smoke was coming from the front of the engine at the driver's side:
There was also oil visible in a couple of other places:
Needless to say, given that I personally know two other scooby owners who have suffered engine fires I called the AA and had it recovered back to the garage where the engine was rebuilt. About five hours later, thanks to a typically crappy train service, I'm finally back home. Not happy
Given that the engine had a complete rebuild recently, I guess it could be coming from anywhere - but can anyone please suggest what could be leaking and what the likely remedial work is likely to be?
Thanks
Andy.
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rocker box gasket ? 2nd & last pic looks like its in that kind of area?!? but last pic is hard to tell where it is !
1st could be smoke coming up from there. it hits the exhaust and makes a huge cloud!
easy to fix, if that is it! but shouldnt have gone in 2k !
let us all know what they find!
Steve
1st could be smoke coming up from there. it hits the exhaust and makes a huge cloud!
easy to fix, if that is it! but shouldnt have gone in 2k !
let us all know what they find!
Steve
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Originally Posted by ScoobyDuck
rocker box gasket ? 2nd & last pic looks like its in that kind of area?!? but last pic is hard to tell where it is !
1st could be smoke coming up from there. it hits the exhaust and makes a huge cloud!
easy to fix, if that is it!
but shouldnt have gone in 2k !
1st could be smoke coming up from there. it hits the exhaust and makes a huge cloud!
easy to fix, if that is it!
but shouldnt have gone in 2k !
Otherwise I totally concur with the remarks above.
David API
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