GSi nearly died last night!
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 1:20 pm
Was off to Liverpool last night, driving along, didnt really notice anything different...
Must of done what... 15 miles or so, then when I stopped at the first set of traffic lights, and when I pulled off, there was loads of smoke coming from the back of me!
I didn\'t have anywhere I could pull over safely for atleast another 2 miles, as I was on a regular road & was a bypass with no hard-shoulders, so hard to keep going, so kept my speed down...
When I finally stopped, there were plooms of white smoke coming from the bonnet, so I lifted the bonnet & noticed the engine had pissed all its oil overitself!
The Oil Filler cap had come off!!!
I let the engine cool a bit, and then checked the oil level... it was a few mm up from the BOTTOM of the dipstick! I guess there was still some pressure in it, as the oil-pressure light didnt even light up so \'hopefully\' she\'s ok!
Luckily I had a new bottle of oil in the car, which I was going to do an oil change on Wednesday with, so I was ableto use HALF the 5ltr bottle to re-fill the car! Then put the filler cap back on which I\'m a bit unsure about now... Luckily it got wedged between the radiator & the cooling fan!!!
There was a \'bit\' of mayo on the cap, but tbh I reckon it was just cos the oil was running near empty, as coolant levels are still fine!
I\'m sooooo lucky it didnt seize up or drain any more! Was well brickin it thinkin I\'d done loads of damage, but after I re-topped up the oil, I started the engine & it sounded just like normal! No rattles, squeeks, no smoke from the exhaust, nothin!
Only thing I do have now is smoke coming FROM the engine where I cant clean the oil off, and also a VERY dirty inlet manifold
Lucky isn\'t the word!
Must of done what... 15 miles or so, then when I stopped at the first set of traffic lights, and when I pulled off, there was loads of smoke coming from the back of me!
I didn\'t have anywhere I could pull over safely for atleast another 2 miles, as I was on a regular road & was a bypass with no hard-shoulders, so hard to keep going, so kept my speed down...
When I finally stopped, there were plooms of white smoke coming from the bonnet, so I lifted the bonnet & noticed the engine had pissed all its oil overitself!
The Oil Filler cap had come off!!!
I let the engine cool a bit, and then checked the oil level... it was a few mm up from the BOTTOM of the dipstick! I guess there was still some pressure in it, as the oil-pressure light didnt even light up so \'hopefully\' she\'s ok!
Luckily I had a new bottle of oil in the car, which I was going to do an oil change on Wednesday with, so I was ableto use HALF the 5ltr bottle to re-fill the car! Then put the filler cap back on which I\'m a bit unsure about now... Luckily it got wedged between the radiator & the cooling fan!!!
There was a \'bit\' of mayo on the cap, but tbh I reckon it was just cos the oil was running near empty, as coolant levels are still fine!
I\'m sooooo lucky it didnt seize up or drain any more! Was well brickin it thinkin I\'d done loads of damage, but after I re-topped up the oil, I started the engine & it sounded just like normal! No rattles, squeeks, no smoke from the exhaust, nothin!
Only thing I do have now is smoke coming FROM the engine where I cant clean the oil off, and also a VERY dirty inlet manifold
Lucky isn\'t the word!