Jamie.
07-10-2007, 16:01
A couple of weeks ago my car began to smell of burning oil.
The problem occurs when pushing the car hard (not from driving normal, even if oil is up during long m-way stints at >90) I had a quick look as at the time i was away from home, after which I found the oil filter to be slightly loose. I thought this might be the issue and forgot about it.
However the problem persisted.... The oil pressure is still 'good'. 4Bar on cold tickover and 6 during cold driving etc and the oil level remains at 'full' on the dipstick since last filling it sometime ago.
Anyway today I decided to have a quick look at the plugs... I whipped them out and found some oil on the tray where the HT leads go. Now I always seem to have this and thought fine and got on with the job in hand. Now, the first spark plug I pulled out was on the far right of the car as if sitting behind the wheel. This plug had a small amount of oil on it... nothing 'too concerning'. The middle two were 'dry', however the extreme left plug had a great deal of oil on it. Now im not sure if this is attributable to a shaky hand when filling the oil or something more sinister.
Any advice?
The problem occurs when pushing the car hard (not from driving normal, even if oil is up during long m-way stints at >90) I had a quick look as at the time i was away from home, after which I found the oil filter to be slightly loose. I thought this might be the issue and forgot about it.
However the problem persisted.... The oil pressure is still 'good'. 4Bar on cold tickover and 6 during cold driving etc and the oil level remains at 'full' on the dipstick since last filling it sometime ago.
Anyway today I decided to have a quick look at the plugs... I whipped them out and found some oil on the tray where the HT leads go. Now I always seem to have this and thought fine and got on with the job in hand. Now, the first spark plug I pulled out was on the far right of the car as if sitting behind the wheel. This plug had a small amount of oil on it... nothing 'too concerning'. The middle two were 'dry', however the extreme left plug had a great deal of oil on it. Now im not sure if this is attributable to a shaky hand when filling the oil or something more sinister.
Any advice?