calidus
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Registered: 27th Oct 02
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hi u lot
mates just bought c16xe on throttle bodies (sbd tapered with MBE management) and its blue smoking slightly under hard acceleration. any ideas what this could be. its currently using 10w/40 mineral oil (supposedly - dipstick shows it being a funny shade of red)
thought it might be either piston rings or valve stem seals, is there anything else it could be?
cheers
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modded_corsa
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Registered: 9th May 03
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i'd say it would most likely be valve stem oil seals............mineral oil shud be like a goldy/browny colour.....unlesss its old wer it shud be black
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Stu_22
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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why use shitty mineral oil at atleast use semi syth.
Whats the engine had done to it upgrade wise
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Should use 15w/40 Semi-Syn oil rather than mineral oil... I'd agree with you on the valve stem seals or piston rings though. The only way to find out is to pull the head off and have a poke around...
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RobHayes
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Registered: 6th Sep 03
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how much is new rings and stem seals gonna cost then?
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X 60RSA
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Registered: 20th Aug 01
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Think i need new stem seals, and new tappets, means taking the head off, new head bolts, gaskets etc, new cam belt. I could get it done for around 300 through a mate, power crazy quoted me around 400 mark.
[Edited on 26-09-2004 by X 60RSA]
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RobHayes
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Registered: 6th Sep 03
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yer but i aint going there. would probably do it myself, just need showing how to do one.
noone told me how much of a bitch throttle bodies are in conjuction with cold starting 
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