smell of burning oil

[midge]

my clio smells like its burning oil on the inside when the fans are on, not all the time just occasionly, what is this? im hoping its just a bit of oil thats got on the manifold and not f**kd pistons, an easy way of checking?

 

[Munson]

I had this a while back with my Pug 306. The cam cover gasket was fooked and was letting a puddle of oil build up on the exhauast/manifold bracket. within minutes the cabin was filling with oily smoke.

 

[Floodie]

i had this on my cup and it was the rocker cover gasket that had gone... was ok though, didnt write the car off! phew

 

[big hp]

rocker cover gasket is minor, £5 in parts and about 30 secs to do.

 

[midge]

i can only smell it in the car though, not on the engine, i think it may be the oil breather being blocked? is there anyway to check what it is?

 

[benhwolves]

sounds like your breather pipe split mate, happened on my ax gt, not sure bout the clio tho

 

[Mole]

i get this smell on my car, its just old deposits of oil, behind the manifold, that starts cooking, and the fumes come thru the vents into the heating system, which chucks it into the cabin.

Just look for obvious signs of oil.

Mine was from when the rocker cover gasket went, and it went down the front of the engine, all behind the manifold.

This is on a 1.4 RT (energy) engine

 

[midge]

cheers, ill check the breather and rocker cover later... where is the breather? 1.2 energy engine