PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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Was off to Liverpool on Friday night, driving along, didnt really notice anything different...
Must of done what... 15 miles or so, then when I stopped at the first set of traffic lights, and when I pulled off, there was loads of smoke coming from the back of me!
I didn't have anywhere I could pull over safely for atleast another 2 miles, as I was on a regular road & was a bypass with no hard-shoulders, so hard to keep going, so kept my speed down...
When I finally stopped, there were plooms of white smoke coming from the bonnet, so I lifted the bonnet & noticed the engine had pissed all its oil overitself!
The Oil Filler cap had come off!!!
I let the engine cool a bit, and then checked the oil level... it was a few mm up from the BOTTOM of the dipstick! I guess there was still some pressure in it, as the oil-pressure light didnt even light up so 'hopefully' she's ok!
Luckily I had a new bottle of oil in the car, which I was going to do an oil change on Wednesday with, so I was ableto use HALF the 5ltr bottle to re-fill the car! Then put the filler cap back on which I'm a bit unsure about now... Luckily it got wedged between the radiator & the cooling fan!!!
There was a 'bit' of mayo on the cap, but tbh I reckon it was just cos the oil was running near empty, as coolant levels are still fine!
I'm sooooo lucky it didnt seize up or drain any more! Was well brickin it thinkin I'd done loads of damage, but after I re-topped up the oil, I started the engine & it sounded just like normal! No rattles, squeeks, no smoke from the exhaust, nothin!
Only thing I do have now is smoke coming FROM the engine where I cant clean the oil off, and also a VERY dirty inlet manifold
I've checked the timing belt & drive belt, they seems to be ok, no oil got to them (luckily) but the heat padding insulation stuff on the bonnet is SOAKED with oil!
Lucky isn't the word!
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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ive had mine with no oil reading on the dipstick no oil light either
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Graham
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
Location: Lincoln.
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"thats more than lucky" 
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
ive had mine with no oil reading on the dipstick no oil light either
Oil light didn't come on with me either... bloody crap I'm sure it only registers at 0 pressure!
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham
"thats more than lucky"
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RKS
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Registered: 2nd Mar 04
Location: Gloucestershire UK
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oil pressure light isnt an oil pressure light, its a gameover light lmao
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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I ran my GSi dry after 5 weeks of ownership, big end went and cost me £1800 to put right!
This was years ago before there were many XE conversions on the go or I would have slotted 1 of them in instead.
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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Registered: 12th Apr 03
Location: West - London Drives: Corsa GSi
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bloody hell mate!! you almost fcuked up your Gsi!!!
so it happend all because of the oil cap came of!????
take of the heat padding and wipe of all the spilled/oil anywere that you can otherwise it will just burn and smoke away till its all burnt!
my oil light has never come on!! yet it burns oil like theirs no tomorrow lol
but i guess thats because ive never let the oil drop that low
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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I know it almost died  duno HOW the fook the cap came off! Every time I'm workin under the bonnet, I always check make sure everything is secure... Can't see it rattling-loose & its not done it since either!
Should removing the padding help engine temperatures when its summer & keep it cool better? Always a grey area this...
I cleaned what I could from off the engine, the rest is stained on the inlet/rocker cover & some wiring at the back of the engine... Some went down the plug-bores but cleaned what I could up!
It is missing 'slightly' now during idle though, but its not consuming oil or coolant any different than before, still the usual coolant leak at the thermostat housing & slight bit of oil loss, but nothing major!
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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My oil cap came off once on my old corsa was a 1.2 i didnt even know untill about a week later!!!!!!!!
think that fucked it up - got stolen anyway!
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
Location: Drives a Tractor
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This happened to my GSI also, it suddenly went very very tappy top end, then the oil got on the manifold and it smoked badly, should be fine dood, but as said if the oil light does come on the damage has already been done
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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well no light did come on! and the oil literally was 2mm up from the BOTTOM of the dipstick...
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Light didnt come on mine until it was making sounds a tractor would be proud of and well fucked up!!!
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