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Engine oil change
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05 Mar 2011 20:20 #12611
by facade
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Replied by facade on topic Re: Engine oil change
Actually, maybe I was a bit OTT.
If it really is just the odd drip, I would leave it if it were mine.
If the engine is getting wet with oil to the point that it is getting to the cambelt, it needs sorting, as oil will soften the cambelt and it will break.
It is a job you could do with a decent toolkit. The belts and front pulley have to come off, then the cam belt cover and cambelt. The crank sprocket pulls off (the large crank bolt has to come out: undo it before you take the belts off by putting a socket on it and wedging the handle against the chassis then flip the starter) and the seal is behind it.
The seal will come out with a lttle ingenuity: pierce it and use an extractor/screw a couple of self tappers in and pull.
The new seal knocks back in using the old seal/ piece of tube/giant socket etc.
If the leak is caused by wear, likely it will start again in a few thousand miles though.
The cheap price is to just change the seal and reuse everything: expect a phone call telling you the cambelt isn't worth putting back though. It seems good to me: I doubt if I could do it in an hour.
If it really is just the odd drip, I would leave it if it were mine.
If the engine is getting wet with oil to the point that it is getting to the cambelt, it needs sorting, as oil will soften the cambelt and it will break.
It is a job you could do with a decent toolkit. The belts and front pulley have to come off, then the cam belt cover and cambelt. The crank sprocket pulls off (the large crank bolt has to come out: undo it before you take the belts off by putting a socket on it and wedging the handle against the chassis then flip the starter) and the seal is behind it.
The seal will come out with a lttle ingenuity: pierce it and use an extractor/screw a couple of self tappers in and pull.
The new seal knocks back in using the old seal/ piece of tube/giant socket etc.
If the leak is caused by wear, likely it will start again in a few thousand miles though.
The cheap price is to just change the seal and reuse everything: expect a phone call telling you the cambelt isn't worth putting back though. It seems good to me: I doubt if I could do it in an hour.
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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