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Generation

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28th Oct 11 at 21:45

Driving along, noticed smoke, pulled over.

HUGE LEAK OF oil from under car, had to drive it about a mile to get safe. Had 6 litres of oil put through it in that time.

Engine, then cut out and does not start again, makes a noise to start turn over. Just sounds as if battery gone.

Now I've left car until tomorrow when can go get it, and am so worried, engines fucked. just spent 1k on a rebuild.

any ideas please

redtom

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28th Oct 11 at 22:17

What sound does it make? Like a click as in the batterys gone?

if so its siezed.

Generation

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28th Oct 11 at 22:19

Makes sound, as if its beginnig to turn over then dies, exactly as iff flat batteru

redtom

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28th Oct 11 at 22:22

If its turns over but is turning over slowly etc, probably the bottom end bearings gone/siezed

Generation

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28th Oct 11 at 22:35

When i say turns over, its very little amount. I think battery may of gone flat tbh, as been parked up all week due to alternator problem.. tonight first trip drover 10-15 mins and this happened

redtom

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28th Oct 11 at 22:38

If it clicks and doesnt turn, chances are its had it

if it turns over very slowly/not much before stopping chances are your bottom end shells need doing

Get a battery pack on it and find out

Generation

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28th Oct 11 at 22:44

i dont wana turn it over with no oil in it though..?

redtom

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28th Oct 11 at 22:46

Turn it over by hand or put some oil in

If its got no oil in and it cut out and wouldnt do anything after that then chances are its not great

Generation

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28th Oct 11 at 22:53

Will try turning by hand tomorrow, and report bck

philip2

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29th Oct 11 at 07:32

hows it dropped its oil? id be wanting to find that first and fix it to fill it with oil otherwise your really gona screw it over...also may be worth checking the oil relief isnt jammed in the pump and if it is i wouldnt even try to turn it over as chances are then it has picked a bearing up

alan-g-w

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29th Oct 11 at 07:37

Was just going to say, surely the first thing to do is find the leak

AshWatson

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29th Oct 11 at 11:22

quote:
Originally posted by Generation
When i say turns over, its very little amount. I think battery may of gone flat tbh, as been parked up all week due to alternator problem.. tonight first trip drover 10-15 mins and this happened

if its had a new alternator chances are on its last legs before the alternator dying the battery went too ? due to not recieving proper charge if dropping below a certain voltage rendering the battery un-chargeable, but as said amount of oil sounds serious

[Edited on 29-10-2011 by AshWatson]

Alex_Rally

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29th Oct 11 at 11:41

should of just pulled over and not drove that extra mile. hazards on and get a tow call the aa. also oil would have been al over the road. bit dangerous for the bikers out there

Jed D

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29th Oct 11 at 12:06

running an engine for a few seconds with no oil can fcuk it big time as it is.
just guessing but sound like you havent been getting oil to one of the bottom end bearings and its shit the bed

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29th Oct 11 at 12:21

Hang on, not only did you dump the entire contents of your sump, but you then thought it was sensible to spread a further 6 litres of the stuff over the next mile to get you home?

How extremely safe for other road users

[Edited on 29-10-2011 by tom_simes]

Generation

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29th Oct 11 at 12:51

This is very true, I honestly didn't think about other road users, I should of. I know. Was in such a panic tbh, was by thinking properly.
With regards to leak sump has big hole in it, so just removed that.

Generation

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29th Oct 11 at 15:10

Slight update, put on battery booster to see how it turned over, it does but not perfectly. Obviously I stopped straight away.

Took sump baffle plate etc off, fresh metal filings inside baffle plate

Next step anyone?

redtom

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29th Oct 11 at 17:02

Bottom end bearings

AlexW

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29th Oct 11 at 20:02

Engine out, Crank out, Check all the bearings, conrods, block, Clean all the oilways, Pump cleaned out, Pickup cleaned out.

Generation

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29th Oct 11 at 20:09

I refuse to take this engine out again

reecegsi

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29th Oct 11 at 20:42

Get a mate to? Or your gonna have to bad times i no but needs must

bigron1988

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29th Oct 11 at 21:27

quote:
Originally posted by Generation
I refuse to take this engine out again

bad luck mate but you need to ,to clean every part of the engine

alan-g-w

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30th Oct 11 at 16:38

If it's just a little bit of filings that could maybe be from the engine running in? Not dead clued up on that sort of shit though

Generation

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30th Oct 11 at 17:02

That's what dad said, will upload a pic to
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dragon2309

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30th Oct 11 at 17:10

Heres the pics of generations baffle plate.

These metal bits are not from normal running, they were very fresh, and very clean, newly shaved off, very soft metal it seemed, so im assuming its shells that have crapped themselves due to no oil.