Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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few people have told me there is a bit of smoke coming from my car when im booting it sort of a light grey/blue sort of colour, going to get the cambelt done soon anyway so at the same time i may aswell get the headgasket and valve stem seal's done.
Is it a compression test i need doing to tell if the seal's are leaking ? car uses quite a bit of oil but its not standard so im not sure if this is normal, about 1.5ltr's every thousand miles....
Thanks Rob
PS. Car run's perfect on idle and when moving and accelerating no wierd noises etc...
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Rob B
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Also what are the danger's of driving it if the stem seal's are leaking ... ?
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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nothing, just oil consumption.
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Rob B
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will it be draining any power at all... its just the people saying they have seen it smoke, make's it look unhealthy when it run's perfect...
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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Actually, I have heard the oil can bake onto the bore but last time i mentioned that i got e-beats.
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X 60RSA
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Registered: 20th Aug 01
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Does it smoke on idle? If so its probably stem seals......
I thought excessive consumption would be down to rings, does it mainly smoke when the engine is on ful load.......i could never tell in the daytime with my old car, just at night when cars were behind me with there lights on....
I'd defo do a compression test for the rings, dont think this will give you much clue as to if its stem seals or not though.
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
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no doesnt really smoke on idle much, smokes at high rpm ...
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Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
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u2u'd
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