Blonde16vCorsa
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Registered: 8th Jan 03
Location: Oswestry, Shropshire
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hia, i was out yestday in my corsa LET looked in my mirror and all i could see was smoke!i pulled over and the car was reving upto about 2000-2500 on its own, engine temp was on about 100 so i drove it back home but when i got home ther wasnt much smoke coming out of it, some smoke coming from under the bonnet and a little blue smoke from the exhaust also the engine temp had dropped alot
can anyone help me out?need to sort it asap.
thanks
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Gaz
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Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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help zone?
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Vaux Lad
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Registered: 15th Dec 04
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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Sounds like turbo seals.
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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agreed, this is what my punto did
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Blonde16vCorsa
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Registered: 8th Jan 03
Location: Oswestry, Shropshire
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ah sorry didnt see the help zone
just went outside and checked the oil level and its very high for some reason
started it up and the revs kept stickin to what i reved it to so turned it off, started it again and it was fine idled abit funny now and again but not too bad
turbo seals then is it?thanks for the reply
i know my sump gasket leaked abit anyway and smoked from the oil dripping onto the exhaust but never that much
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Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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Sounds like headgasket
The reason your oil level is high is because coolant has mixed with the oil ?
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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
Location: Wrexham / Shropshire Border
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i thought you had a scoob now or did you sell that and buy another turbo corsa?
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Blonde16vCorsa
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Registered: 8th Jan 03
Location: Oswestry, Shropshire
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Yeah i've got a scoob still ed, the corsa is my brothers he hasn't got a corsa sport account so he uses mine. Hows yours goin?
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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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mines goin ok. hasnt you bro only recently passed his test and got a 106 rallye or have ya got another bro?
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Jamie
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
Location: Aberdeen
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Yep sounds like turbo seals. You shouldnt have driven it home to be fair. Soon as a car starts acting up its best to switch it off and get a flat bed.
Not worth damaging it further.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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was it on overrun? Or just constantly smoking?
Was the smoke blue or white?
TBH if its high with oil, thats something id sort out first....
p.s Help zone next time!
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