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Smoke from engine bay
« on: 06 January 2009, 18:08:44 »
My omega has recently started to smoke a bit from under the bonnet  more so after a good thrashing .

 It seems to be oil landing on the manifold   do i have the common rocker cover gasket failure problem?

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Re: Smoke from engine bay
« Reply #1 on: 06 January 2009, 18:10:28 »
sonds like you got a dose of blocked breather pipes buddy ;)
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Re: Smoke from engine bay
« Reply #2 on: 06 January 2009, 18:11:30 »
Good to see another scottish member
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Re: Smoke from engine bay
« Reply #3 on: 06 January 2009, 18:14:24 »
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sonds like you got a dose of blocked breather pipes buddy ;)

ok i will look and see if there is a how to section on clearing that

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Re: Smoke from engine bay
« Reply #4 on: 06 January 2009, 18:15:55 »
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Good to see another scottish member

Hi  fife_omega_v6  thres alot of us Scots on here
 saved my buying a haynes manual LOL
 
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Re: Smoke from engine bay
« Reply #5 on: 07 January 2009, 10:13:21 »
Indeed...sounds like blocked breathers causing failed camcover gaskets...
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Re: Smoke from engine bay
« Reply #6 on: 07 January 2009, 13:18:06 »
had the same problem wid mine unblocked the breathers and changed the rocker cover gasket and it was fine
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Re: Smoke from engine bay
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