S3weekendwarrior
Member
Right - this is going to be a bit of a hard question to word correctly so here we go.
I have a S3 88 inch 2.25 petrol, which has just had rewiring & tuneup, overdrive installed (and new tyres
).
the repair work was done in a city 300km away.
Cruised back running fine, sitting about 80-85kmh most of the way (overdrive
).
Got back, oil was right at the bottom of dipstick.
Refilled with 20W-60 Penrite, went 30km on road, 4x4ing for 2hrs, 30km home again, running good.
Yesterday (1 week later), checked oil - just under the 'L' mark
. refilled, drove 40km, 2hrs 4x4ing, running good, water crossing or two - maybe 10-15 inches max, then parked up for tea, drove home an hour later, and she started (with a bit of difficulty), then was bogging badly under power after warming up, left choke on, got on the highway, and could not take choke off at all without her bogging/missing, smoking badly, managed to limp home, oil down to halfway between H & L mark. I knew there was water crossings planned (albeit shallow ones
), so i sprayed a lot of WD40 around, put the ol' rubber glove over dizzy etc.
oh, one more thing, at the start of the last 4x4 trip, i was driving along the side of a bank, tilting right, when a massive cloud of white smoke came out the exhaust (lasted maybe 5sec)![Confused :confused: :confused:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
..... nothing more happened, and she was running fine, so oh well keep going....
If anyone has any thoughts please chuck 'em on, i'm not a engine expert by any means. (And i wasn't thrashing her either - I look after my beloved 'lil S3
)
thanks in advance!
S3ww
I have a S3 88 inch 2.25 petrol, which has just had rewiring & tuneup, overdrive installed (and new tyres
the repair work was done in a city 300km away.
Cruised back running fine, sitting about 80-85kmh most of the way (overdrive
Got back, oil was right at the bottom of dipstick.
Refilled with 20W-60 Penrite, went 30km on road, 4x4ing for 2hrs, 30km home again, running good.
Yesterday (1 week later), checked oil - just under the 'L' mark
oh, one more thing, at the start of the last 4x4 trip, i was driving along the side of a bank, tilting right, when a massive cloud of white smoke came out the exhaust (lasted maybe 5sec)
If anyone has any thoughts please chuck 'em on, i'm not a engine expert by any means. (And i wasn't thrashing her either - I look after my beloved 'lil S3
thanks in advance!
S3ww