Slurping oil
Posted: 07 Dec 2011, 13:43
Hi all,
I'm just back from my first holiday in my T3 1.7 diesel vanagon. Van is running great, starts like a dream and showed no signs of trouble. I see a small amount of bluish smoke on start up and it burps a bit of the same under a load (take-offs from stop lights, down shifts going uphill), but other than that exhaust is pretty clean. The problem is that she is drinking oil like mad - a liter every 300-400 kms. It seems every time I check it's a liter down. There seems to be a small leak at the gearbox/engine and a small drip from the crankshaft pulley, but she's not leaving more than a drop on the ground. Air filter is spotless and engine seems clean everywhere else. A compression test is in order, obviously, but any thoughts would be appreciated.
I'm just back from my first holiday in my T3 1.7 diesel vanagon. Van is running great, starts like a dream and showed no signs of trouble. I see a small amount of bluish smoke on start up and it burps a bit of the same under a load (take-offs from stop lights, down shifts going uphill), but other than that exhaust is pretty clean. The problem is that she is drinking oil like mad - a liter every 300-400 kms. It seems every time I check it's a liter down. There seems to be a small leak at the gearbox/engine and a small drip from the crankshaft pulley, but she's not leaving more than a drop on the ground. Air filter is spotless and engine seems clean everywhere else. A compression test is in order, obviously, but any thoughts would be appreciated.