Ditched

Mark Solesbury wrote:

> Thanks for that - Its what i wanted to hear.
>
> What ****ed me off the most is that i spent £600 on a cam belt change and a
> full service on Tuesday, and ditched it on Saturday.

Murphy's Law.

> At least its fresh oil that went everywhere!

Incidentally, if it's managed to get any significant amount of oil into
the exhaust it could take quite a while for the smoking to stop (been
down this track recently with a client's vehicle). Don't panic if that
is the case - just keep driving it until it clears.


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EMB

"EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Mark Solesbury wrote:
>
> > Thanks for that - Its what i wanted to hear.
> >
> > What ****ed me off the most is that i spent £600 on a cam belt change
and a
> > full service on Tuesday, and ditched it on Saturday.
>
> Murphy's Law.
>
> > At least its fresh oil that went everywhere!
>
> Incidentally, if it's managed to get any significant amount of oil into
> the exhaust it could take quite a while for the smoking to stop (been
> down this track recently with a client's vehicle). Don't panic if that
> is the case - just keep driving it until it clears.
>
>
> --
> EMB

Will tickover be ok? I might just leave it running for a month or so!

Thanks for your help

Mark Solesbury wrote:
> "EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Incidentally, if it's managed to get any significant amount of oil into
>>the exhaust it could take quite a while for the smoking to stop (been
>>down this track recently with a client's vehicle). Don't panic if that
>>is the case - just keep driving it until it clears.

> Will tickover be ok? I might just leave it running for a month or so!

It'll really want a decent run to get some heat into the exhaust if
that's the case to burn the oil out.


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EMB

On Wed, 10 May 2006 09:21:52 +0100, "Mark Solesbury"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Took the plunge before the insurance picked it up.... Checked the air
>filter, and it was clean so i turned it over. It started 1st time - Only ran
>it for literally 3 seconds.

I'm glad you're both OK.

It's always best to leave engines that have run upside down to settle.
If you try too early and oil is above the pistons then you can get a
hydraulic lock and bend something.
>
>It smoked like a bastard. Lots and Lots of white smoke

I'd say this was just oil that had seeped past the rings , like EMB
said.
>
>If it is written off, and i do buy it back - whats the best way of sorting
>this?

My experience was before the new inspection rules came in.

Now I think first you need to establish it hasn't been classes as an A
or B write off, these cannot be put back on the road.

After suitable repair:

C needs a full vehicle identity inspection

C or D need an engineers report and an MOT before they can be
reinsured (at least with the NFU)

AJH