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mickp
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Registered: 30th May 03
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24th Nov 04 at 13:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Right this is the second time in 10000 miles

its leaking near the top of the engine and last time i replaced the rocker gasket is there any other commen places were the corsa leak from
PaulW
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24th Nov 04 at 13:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cork rocker gasket yeh???

sounds about right tbh, they always leak! your lucky you got to 10000miles before leaking again tbh, best I did was about 500 miles
mickp
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24th Nov 04 at 13:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the one i replaced it with was rubber it shouldnt of gone should it
Richie
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24th Nov 04 at 13:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
u use a torque wrench to do it back up?
mickp
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24th Nov 04 at 13:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just loosen the rocker then tighten again ???
PaulW
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24th Nov 04 at 13:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
take it off, clean it all up & refit it...

but tighten from the centre-out not from one end to the other
mickp
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24th Nov 04 at 13:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
easy enough to do??? as a mate did it last time
PaulW
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24th Nov 04 at 13:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
piece of pish

your engine an 8v yeah??

just undo it, remove it, clean it & refit it as said

job done
PaulW
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24th Nov 04 at 13:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fcuk i'd even do it on saturday if i could be arsed as im up in liverpool sat. day
mickp
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24th Nov 04 at 13:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
16v
PaulW
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24th Nov 04 at 14:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
take off the upper inlet manifold
remove plugs & leads
undo the bolts holding the rocker cover (should be 8 i think)

fitting is reversal of removing... check a haynes manual if your unsure
mickp
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24th Nov 04 at 14:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers will try that tonight then
Fad
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24th Nov 04 at 14:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Your suposed to do up the bolts in a diagonal sequence and torque up to the correct n/m
mickp
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26th Nov 04 at 09:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
took the ecotec cover off last night and had a look there is oils leaking form the whole front of the rocker cover

job for the weekend i think
Adam-D
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26th Nov 04 at 09:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
get a new gasket and do the bolts up in the correct sequence and correct torque
Rileysport
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26th Nov 04 at 10:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by mickp
took the ecotec cover off last night and had a look there is oils leaking form the whole front of the rocker cover

job for the weekend i think


5 minute job... if that, try doin bloody headbolts as per haynes not easy to do
mickp
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26th Nov 04 at 16:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol i didnt think it looked that easy just getting the inlet manifold off looks a fucker
broster
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26th Nov 04 at 16:36   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
upper inlet aint to hard, just replace clips on throttle body with jubilee clips,, ull see when you egt there
mickp
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30th Nov 04 at 13:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what a twat it was to get the clips on so fucked it off and put a jublee clip on lol piece of piss job to do but unsure of if all the pipes are on the che corrct ones lol
so if any one wants to post a pic of what the pipe arangment by the throttle body is then would be much appreciated


the car runs fine just want to check
CorsAsh
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30th Nov 04 at 13:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I can't think of any vaux engines I've seen that don't leak oils somewhere

 
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