Home > Maintenance & Mods (L322) > Oil all over top of spark plug and plug shroud |
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markcartlidge Member Since: 18 Mar 2013 Location: Nr Winslow, Buckinghamshire Posts: 120 |
sounds like a rocker cover gasket leak to me. |
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28th Jan 2016 3:23pm |
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Zambezi Member Since: 07 Feb 2015 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Posts: 67 |
Is that easy to fix ?
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28th Jan 2016 3:24pm |
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markcartlidge Member Since: 18 Mar 2013 Location: Nr Winslow, Buckinghamshire Posts: 120 |
I think the parts are approx. £40 to £80 per side depending on if you go for LR parts. I had one side done at a local garage and they charged for about an hour I think. Obviosuly your LPG kit makes it a longer job. I think it is farily easy to do if you have the time and inclination. |
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28th Jan 2016 4:27pm |
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espaceboy Member Since: 02 Aug 2014 Location: Fae Fife Posts: 86 |
LPG makes it tight as mentioned in
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28th Jan 2016 4:46pm |
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johnboyairey Member Since: 11 Jan 2013 Location: surrey Posts: 2026 |
cant say how your lpg is fitted, but i have it on mine, and did mine in about 2 hours. with cups of tea etc. it is a straight forward job. sometimes hampered by the water pipes for the lpg evaporator need to be pushed about etc. ask for the old plugs, as they are hard to get out sometimes, and he may skip doing the odd one. there is an inner rocker cover seal to the plug area, and the outer seal for the edge area. all in the packet.. both can leak, but the inner fills the plug wells.
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28th Jan 2016 5:05pm |
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Zambezi Member Since: 07 Feb 2015 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Posts: 67 |
Thanks for the advice.
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1st Feb 2016 10:25am |
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RR P38 Member Since: 12 Oct 2013 Location: Sydney Posts: 215 |
Pretty standard on the Bmr engine for the plug space to have oil in it.
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1st Feb 2016 10:46am |
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Cam-Tech-Craig Member Since: 04 Aug 2011 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 16175 |
Zambezi, well worth checking with a straight edge that the mating surfaces are flat as the rocker covers have an annoying habit of warping!
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1st Feb 2016 11:19am |
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Zambezi Member Since: 07 Feb 2015 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Posts: 67 |
I must admit that I'm in two minds about replacing the gaskets. Oil isn't leaking out of the engine, just into the spark plug area.
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1st Feb 2016 4:46pm |
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RR P38 Member Since: 12 Oct 2013 Location: Sydney Posts: 215 |
Just mop it up and change the plugs, as I said previously most likely the plugs have maybe never been changed.
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1st Feb 2016 8:22pm |
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