oil over top of engine (182 cup)

[slindborg]

Went to look at a 182 cup at a trader today.... aside from needing 3 out of 4 wheel refurbing and the remains of the ansty ice removed, it was great.

Only thing that REALLY bothered me was the oil over the camshaft cover... it was over the plugs and cover from what I could tell. Whats this likely to be? a simple 'new gasket on there and inlet gasket' or something more sinister?

it was stone cold and idled like a normal well setup car, so feck knows what you lot go on about with rough idles lol

cheers

Stuart

 

[Fred@BTM]

leaking rocker cover, very common and very expensive to fix

 

[slindborg]

expensive in terms of taking it somewhere.... or expensive in parts and a 5min fit...

I'm far from scared of spanners but really dont have much in the way of time.

 

[Fred@BTM]

7hour job give or take, new cambelt, new cam seals, new aux kit

to give you an idea if i were to fix it - £536.83 inc vat

 

[slindborg]

funk that!

They can keep that one then lol.
Only recently had a cambelt on it too.... some 'specialist' it got taken to then.

FTR its the inferno orange one at AutoHause in Welwyn Herts. Needs new discs all round, pads are 'ok', pax side wheel are kerbed and the front drivers side needs paint on the bolt cover.
Parcel shelf has 6*9's fitted and a wiring kit for an amp... lovely lol, oh and I understand the area in Welwyn its being sold in is somewhat Pikeyville

Aside from that, its lovely.

 

[MartinR]

shocking!!!

 

[Dave..]

It's fairly common like Fred says. Most of them leak there to a certain degree

 

[slindborg]

This was wet, plug leads were wet. If it was a bit dry and crusty then it could have been changed, but imho it hadnt.

CBA with the time to sort that + the other issues on that car.