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Rob Nguyen
Tinkerer
WA
TT please

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Reg: 08-2008

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 Friday, September 12, 2008 - 12:14 am, by:  Rob Nguyen (Tofu) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
i have the same problem as this guy peter:
http://soarercentral.com/sc-forum/messages/51875/15670.html

but i just changed the rocker cover gaskets tonight yet it seems to be leaking in the same area..

would oil pressure be a factor as on my dipstick it reads:

L----------------------------F------------| oil line here

and before anyone flames me for putting too much oil i put 6Ls exact *shrugs*
Rob Nguyen
Tinkerer
WA
TT please

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 Friday, September 12, 2008 - 12:41 am, by:  Rob Nguyen (Tofu) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
ok just searched only 5L needed.. man im a noob
Maurice Diggler
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Victoria
TR44i

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 Friday, September 12, 2008 - 01:13 am, by:  Maurice Diggler (Mau_rice) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Apparently, to get it perfect it's like 4.8L but blow that for a joke, it wreaks of effort, 5L is fine, 6L however is too much hehe.
Shane Haverkamp
Tinkerer
nsw
soarer TT

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Reg: 10-2007

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 Friday, September 12, 2008 - 10:24 am, by:  Shane Haverkamp (Havabeer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
what are the problems with running to much oil, say an extra liter like that (not like my mate who filled his car right up to the oil filler hole :S
Christian Molenda
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QLD
T

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 Friday, September 12, 2008 - 10:29 am, by:  Christian Molenda (Christof) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Shane Haverkamp wrote on Friday, September 12, 2008 - 10:24 am:

what are the problems with running to much oil, say an extra liter like that (not like my mate who filled his car right up to the oil filler hole :S



Too much oil pressure in top of head can blow seals out and / or cause leaks. If way to much oil in there it will end up in combustion chamber and come out as smoke
Rob Nguyen
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WA
TT please

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 Saturday, September 13, 2008 - 02:38 am, by:  Rob Nguyen (Tofu) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
so i should be ok for now? im guna degrease it again tomrow and see if its still leaking.. hope i dont have to change the head gask
Kyle Wathen
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Vic
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 Saturday, September 13, 2008 - 09:29 am, by:  Kyle Wathen (Cspot) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I would drop some of the excess oil out. Do it when the cars cold (oil is thicker) and jack one side up so it doesn't come out as quick.

Are all the cam cover bolts done up tightly?
Rob Nguyen
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WA
TT please

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 Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 02:48 am, by:  Rob Nguyen (Tofu) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
yehh i think it was just excess oil... dropped it out and put it to about halfway.. things seem fine no more leaking of oil..

now on to my leaky power steering problem
Chris Prak
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WA
Soarer GTT-L

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 Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 12:25 am, by:  Chris Prak (Carizma) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
My power steering leak fixed itself. Stoked! Think it just clogged itself up.

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