alexhogben
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Anyone else had problems with the c20xe's drinking oil ? 
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DaveB
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It's either leaking from gaskets, breathers are blocked, or piston rings are knacked.
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Torsa g
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Registered: 20th Sep 07
Location: Tamworth. Rides: An OSTRIDGE
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or valve seals are shot
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johnhara1
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Get a mate to follow you ( or try to  ) when you're driving hard to check if you're chucking blue smoke out the back end.
If it smoke on startup it'll be stem seals.
Smoking when driving hard will be rings.
Smoking when going round corners hard or on over run may just be the breater chucking oil into the inlet. There's a mod you can do to the rocker cover.
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Torsa g
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quote:
Originally posted by johnhara1
Get a mate to follow you ( or try to ) when you're driving hard to check if you're chucking blue smoke out the back end.
If it smoke on startup it'll be stem seals.
Smoking when driving hard will be rings.
Smoking when going round corners hard or on over run may just be the breater chucking oil into the inlet. There's a mod you can do to the rocker cover.
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alexhogben
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quote:
Originally posted by johnhara1
Get a mate to follow you ( or try to ) when you're driving hard to check if you're chucking blue smoke out the back end.
If it smoke on startup it'll be stem seals.
Smoking when driving hard will be rings.
Smoking when going round corners hard or on over run may just be the breater chucking oil into the inlet. There's a mod you can do to the rocker cover.
no leaks at all!
yeh thats what i would have though was just wondering if it was common on them lol
its only drinking it when its really hot and im giving it absolute beans haha
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DaveB
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Possibly worth looking at getting a better oil then? Your current one might be getting too hot
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alexhogben
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oil cooler maybe? I tried halfords 10W/40 oil think may go for some better stuff .. haha
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deano87
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Just use crude oil, nice and thick. Be reet 
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alexhogben
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anybody rate Mobil Super S 10W/40? £20 atm
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alexhogben
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Just use crude oil, nice and thick. Be reet
yeh i was thinking that or honey... 
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Ant
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put GM 10/40 semi synthetic in, this is the only oil to use in an xe
[Edited on 02-03-2009 by Ant]
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johnhara1
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quote:
Originally posted by alexhogben
no leaks at all!
I find this very hard to believe (not even at the sump?)
I fitted a catch tank to the thick breather pipe on my XE to stop the oil surge into the inlet when i was giving it the beans.
The yellow-ish pipe runs to the think breather on rocker cover. Blank it off at the inlet.
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alexhogben
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quote:
Originally posted by johnhara1
quote:
Originally posted by alexhogben
no leaks at all!
I find this very hard to believe (not even at the sump?)
I fitted a catch tank to the thick breather pipe on my XE to stop the oil surge into the inlet when i was giving it the beans.
The yellow-ish pipe runs to the think breather on rocker cover. Blank it off at the inlet.
no my block is as clean as a whistle not a drip 
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deano87
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Honey
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