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leesp38v8

New Member

• May 17, 2012

• #1

Hi there. I can smell burning oil on my v8 inside the car when driving, it runs fine, no mis fire, no smoke. ????? Any idea's. It's ok if u take ur time but I ur going up hill or let it rev a bit u can smell it

 

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ronnie12

Member

• May 17, 2012

• #2

rcover gaskets any thing that can leak on the exhaust spilled while topping up ???

 

vougese39

Well-Known Member

• May 17, 2012

• #3

Rocker gaskets,inlet valley gasket seals, head gasket,front cover gasket,oil cooler pipes to plenty to cause the problem

 

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Sean

Banned

• May 17, 2012

• #4

is there enough oil in it ?

 

vougese39

Well-Known Member

• May 17, 2012

• #5

Sean said:

is there enough oil in it ?

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There was before he went and thrashed it up a hill lol.

I would be concerned of the oil mpg rather than petrol mpg

 

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davef2901

New Member

• May 17, 2012

• #6

U didn't overfill the oil did u?

 

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leesp38v8

New Member

• May 17, 2012

• #7

It was a bit over the full mark so I have drained a bit off. But not triedbit since, It's now between min and max. And I was not thrashing it, just a bit harsh than normal driving, if u no what I mean. Lol. Rockers r ok etc, I do have a bit of a leak but nothing much. What about the breather pipes??? Could b blockt

 

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Sean

Banned

• May 17, 2012

• #8

vougese39 said:

There was before he went and thrashed it up a hill lol.

I would be concerned of the oil mpg rather than petrol mpg

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oil from the leak hitting the exhaust is my guess

 

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leesp38v8

New Member

• May 17, 2012

• #9

I I think u might b right mate. I am towing with it this week end. I hope it holds

 

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johnfrancis

New Member

• May 18, 2012

• #10

If you spill a bit of oil when filling, it smells for ages until it burns off, if your engine was actually burning oil, you would see the evidence out of the exhaust.

 

SpacePig

New Member

• May 18, 2012

• #11

Had the same problem. The culprit was in my case the inlet manifold.

 

Datatek

Well-Known Member

• May 18, 2012

• #12

Exhaust heat shields, beware they catch fire, see recent thread.

 

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leesp38v8

New Member

• May 19, 2012

• #13

Funny anuff my old p38 did set fire due to heat shield. Lol. There is no burning smell out of my exhaust , I have found a rocker cover very loose. But I thinks I might start to put a few new seals here and there, I hope it's ok for a bit.