Oil treatment: seal conditioner

Bennehboy said:

It's same stuff as before the flush.

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is the engine getting up to temp do you know??,not just on the gauge.

Nanocom says I'm running at around 90C - the temp sender is agood, I replaced it with a genuine Bosch part about 6 months ago when it _was_ running at a lower temp. How else can I test this?

Bennehboy said:

Nanocom says I'm running at around 90C - the temp sender is agood, I replaced it with a genuine Bosch part about 6 months ago when it _was_ running at a lower temp. How else can I test this?

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ok,can you see any water on the dipstick??

Did a 7 mile run this morning, got to operating temp about 5 miles in.

Checked the provent afterward and there's no mayo - so not sure if it's only happening on longer runs (will be doing a motorway run later and restest).

I looked at the dipstick last night and it only had oil on it.

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Bennehboy said:

Did a 7 mile run this morning, got to operating temp about 5 miles in.

Checked the provent afterward and there's no mayo - so not sure if it's only happening on longer runs (will be doing a motorway run later and restest).

I looked at the dipstick last night and it only had oil on it.

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ok,it could just be residue from before bud.give it a good hard run and see how it goes later.you might even need to change the oil sooner than you might otherwise have needed to.but wait and see how it goes first.

Condensate on dip stick will only show with engine cold.

wammers said:

Condensate on dip stick will only show with engine cold.

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Aye, I checked it last night when cold - was looking to see if there was anything on there or the filler cap, but found nowt.

Bennehboy said:

Aye, I checked it last night when cold - was looking to see if there was anything on there or the filler cap, but found nowt.

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good,just do as i suggested earlier and see how it goes after a good run.

will do

Bennehboy said:

will do

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when i say a good hard run,i dont mean bloody blow it to bits,keep an eye on the oil pressure and temperature as well.

gemsdad said:

when i say a good hard run,i dont mean bloody blow it to bits,keep an eye on the oil pressure and temperature as well.

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I've got no instrumentation for the oil - seriously thinking of sticking an extension housing into the pressure switch housing and pluggin some more guages into my zadatech ( LCD Based Digital Multi Gauge ) - I use this for boost & egt at the moment.

Bennehboy said:

I've got no instrumentation for the oil - seriously thinking of sticking an extension housing into the pressure switch housing and pluggin some more guages into my zadatech ( LCD Based Digital Multi Gauge ) - I use this for boost & egt at the moment.

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ok,but i just meant the oil light bud.

Ha, OK

Bennehboy said:

Ha, OK

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pm incoming bud.

Well 2 25 mile journeys and only a tiny spatter of mayo, so fingers crossed it's just clearing itself out

Right so did some 'very enthusiastic' driving earlier which has immediately resulted in some 'mayo'

Here's what it looks like:


Here's some smeared on my finger, notice how the black stuff is very kinda of plastic like, but the clear/straw coloured liquid that seperates out does not have an oil consistency, more like syrup - is it glycol from coolant (does OAT have it in?)?


Pic showing the liquid separating out:

wheres that sample taken from ?

Catch tank connected to the crank case breather.

Bennehboy said:

Catch tank connected to the crank case breather.

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is it using any coolant?.what is the engine oil like now,has that gone up or down on the dipstick??

Coolant does look to be down about 1cm on the header tank.

Not checked the oil level yet.