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[MadJimmy]

After a major oil leak and the engine getting soaked in oil the garage has fixed leak he reckonms it was crank shaft sensor leaking.

Any way he hasnt cleaned the old oil off i hope its the old oil anyway and the engine is now smoking when it ges to temp cos its burning the oil

anyone now the best way of cleaning it off and what if any product to use

[RobG]

Any proprietary engine degreaser will do it Wynns, Gunk etc

[Marks DTM Calib]

After a major oil leak and the engine getting soaked in oil the garage has fixed leak he reckonms it was crank shaft sensor leaking.

Any way he hasnt cleaned the old oil off i hope its the old oil anyway and the engine is now smoking when it ges to temp cos its burning the oil

anyone now the best way of cleaning it off and what if any product to use

Lol, well I reacons hes pissing up the wrong tree....so to speak!

[MadJimmy]

whys he pissing up the wrong tree so to speak?

[RobG]

whys he pissing up the wrong tree so to speak?

Don`t think you would get a major leak from the crank sensor

[MadJimmy]

i thought that and i only hope hes right lol im pist off with the bloody thing know lol

[benbrunt]

Halfords sell plenty of degreasers.

Think B&Q also do

[Marks DTM Calib]

i thought that and i only hope hes right lol im pist off with the bloody thing know lol

If you look at the crank sensor...

1) Its a flat plastic surface
2) It mounts onto a machined metal surface on the block
3) It has a large tubular body which fits into a machined metal hole in the block
4) It has an O ring.
5) The part of the block it penetrates is not sat in an oil bath and at most will have some oil mist round it and maybe a little bit of splash off the crank

The most I can see is if the O ring was perished you might get a very slight weep.....and it would be slight!

The most likely cause is leaking cam cover gaskets due to blocked breathers!

[MadJimmy]

i know its not leaking cam covers as they was done along with cleaning breathers out and also the oil leak is not coming from the top is lower down as the exhaust heatshield is not covered in oil

any other ideas? as i said imhoping the mechanics right but then again he might have just looked saw a slight leak and said there we go thank you very much as i did suggest to him it was the oil cooler pipe that runs from the filter up to the oil cooler just because of the amount of oil that it lost

[ians]

When were the cam covers done?

If recently could be residual oil from that leak..

If a while ago, could be leaking again if job not done properly.

[Miggy24]

What u need is to power wash the engine or even better is to steam clean it

[Richie London]

What u need is to power wash the engine or even better is to steam clean it

if im correct last yr some members advised not to steam clean the engine as there is so much electrics involved  that are sensitive??

[benbrunt]

What u need is to power wash the engine or even better is to steam clean it

if im correct last yr some members advised not to steam clean the engine as there is so much electrics involved  that are sensitive??

Don't think I'd want my 10 year old electrics subject to a full on sauna

[ngrainqey]

if you were stupid i suppose you could disconnect the battery then lob a load of petrol over it and then let it evaportate while trying to get all the grease and gunk off with something or repeat a couple of times in gunked up areas with a scraping device to hand