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Newly built engine - massive failure :-( Oil everywhere!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Dickie524" data-source="post: 572458" data-attributes="member: 21482"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>well, new one on me. I have a newly rebuilt engine in my van - well, built about a year ago but less than 150 miles since.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, van has been parked a while, whilst I did some interior work, but I put a battery on it to move it yesterday afternoon - all was well - apart from I noticed it 'heavy' and reluctant to start for a freshly charged battery. Anyway, it got there in the end, and I backed it round the fornt yard and parked it up - about 30 yds total. Kept cutting out, but I thought it might be cos it was cold.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, when I stopped, there were massive oil trails where I had driven, and I opened the engine lid to find the engine compartment swimming in oil - which had obviously not been there 2 mins earlier when I pt the battery on! It was dripping down from the roof, all over the left and all over tha battery I had just fitted, plus literally litres sloshing about and pouring out all over the drive. If I had to hazard a guess I'd say it had all blown out of the vent tube next to the oil filler. Spray all over the place.</p><p></p><p>Is it totally buggered - i.e am I looking at a warranty claim/ rebuild etc - could it be anything simple?</p><p></p><p>It looked far too dramatic to be anything simple!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dickie524, post: 572458, member: 21482"] Hi all, well, new one on me. I have a newly rebuilt engine in my van - well, built about a year ago but less than 150 miles since. Anyway, van has been parked a while, whilst I did some interior work, but I put a battery on it to move it yesterday afternoon - all was well - apart from I noticed it 'heavy' and reluctant to start for a freshly charged battery. Anyway, it got there in the end, and I backed it round the fornt yard and parked it up - about 30 yds total. Kept cutting out, but I thought it might be cos it was cold. Anyway, when I stopped, there were massive oil trails where I had driven, and I opened the engine lid to find the engine compartment swimming in oil - which had obviously not been there 2 mins earlier when I pt the battery on! It was dripping down from the roof, all over the left and all over tha battery I had just fitted, plus literally litres sloshing about and pouring out all over the drive. If I had to hazard a guess I'd say it had all blown out of the vent tube next to the oil filler. Spray all over the place. Is it totally buggered - i.e am I looking at a warranty claim/ rebuild etc - could it be anything simple? It looked far too dramatic to be anything simple! [/QUOTE]
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