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[Andy B]

Its about 2mm in diameter (i dont know that in 1000th's of an inch, sorry ) ....

about 0.079" 

[skyblue]

Its about 2mm in diameter (i dont know that in 1000th's of an inch, sorry ) ....

about 0.079" 

 Someone in a fussy mood tonight 

[Entwood]

Its about 2mm in diameter (i dont know that in 1000th's of an inch, sorry ) ....

about 0.079" 

 Someone in a fussy mood tonight 

Not fussy .. accurate ...   the request was for 1000th's of an inch .. so that is correct ... 79/1000  fussy would be

2mm = 0.07874015748031496"

 

[Andy B]

Its about 2mm in diameter (i dont know that in 1000th's of an inch, sorry ) ....

about 0.079" 

 Someone in a fussy mood tonight 

Not fussy .. accurate ...   the request was for 1000th's of an inch .. so that is correct ... 79/1000  fussy would be

2mm = 0.07874015748031496"

 

 
I just know one mm is nearly 40 thou 

[cleggy]

Just ask the Kidsgrove Loon to come to you for help, about 45 minutes drive.Job SORTED professionally. QED 

[Steve Pearce]

Right here we go;



The one at the top right goes off to the back of the radiator, the one in the middle  (pointing left) goes off to the fan unit behind the pollen filter. The one at the bottom is the one im unsure of!!!

[Andy H]

Have read of V6 engine bay vacuum pipes

I don't imagine the vacuum pipes can have anything to do with your oily smoke though....

If it isn't a current leak then I would suspect old oil sitting on the outside of the engine or perhaps a disconnected engine breather pipe (left off when you refitted the plenum perhaps?)

[Steve Pearce]

Ace, thats pretty cool, i think therefore its the one to the ECU. Thanks

The breather pipes you mention, where are they? Are they the 4 on the back of the plenum (2 big 2 small?)?

Re: the oil, the oil leak seems to have mostly cleared up, just the odd drop. I think this is just the oil residue thats splattered all over the engine getting warm and dripping down and presumably over time it will gradually dry up. Same with the smoke, which pretty much now has completely gone

The problem now seems to be that the car doesnt like cornering. I spun yesterday at 30mph, luckily not hitting anything. But thats for another thread

[Steve Pearce]

Ive had a mooch at the link above and compared it to mine (mine is like the top diagram i think), but i still cant fathum it out. The pipe i have extra should go down to the front vac reservoir but i can only spot one pipe going in to it, and no other places to put this extra pipe. Im therefore a bit lost  :-/

[GaryBC]

Right some answers;

Yes, the half moon on the right (from front of car) of the drivers side cam cover wasnt seated right. I took it off, reapplied sealant and stuck it back on, all good now.

There is still a small oil leak though. I think some of it may be due to the oil thats caked all over the bottom of the engine and steering arm and all that, theres quite a bit really. That said, I used the car to see how it went last night, got back and stuck a bit of card underneath, after about 15 minutes there were a few small spots but ive looked today and there seems to be a lot more. The cam covers are clean as a whistle, so ive no idea where that oil is coming from. Before all this work the oil made a generally circular pattern on a piece of card, not its more like a T, roughly central under the car, with the join on the T being about in line with the back of the sump. Any ideas?

Whats more, there is still this ongoing oil smoke. Every time i stop the car after its got warm (i.e. a couple of minutes) theres smoke coming from behind the engine. It looks like its coming off some of the exhaust pipes in the back of the engine, but its very hard to spot. At times there is quite a large amount of smoke. Im 99% certain its oil thats burning for whatever reason. There are some brown patches on some of the exhausts, is this likely to be the cause? If so, will it go away over time or require a good clean?

A few other things;

The only thing i couldnt find a home for after putting it all back together is the aforementioned piece of pipe. Theres one rubber mount i can see where it seems to live at the back of the plenum but i dont know where it connects to. Any ideas? Out of that rubber mount is quite a resonably high air flow.

If you've had the leak for a while there'll still be a lot of residual oil all over the place. After I fixed mine it took several days for it to burn off the hot bits and drip off the cool bits!