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Post Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:32 pm

Left the oil cap off and by accident and went driving for an hour and the engines covered in it now too which is great.
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Post Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:40 pm

whoops! :hammer:

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Post Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:53 pm

Your engine must have already had an air leak then :)
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Post Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:23 pm

DOH! haha.
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Post Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:57 pm

Oops good luck cleaning that up
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Post Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:22 pm

for an hour and you couldn't smell burning oil .
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Post Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:29 pm

Spray the bay with wd40 (alot). Cover your electrics the jet wash it. At least you will have a nice clean engine.

and make sure you remove the oil from all the bushes and mounts as it will speed up the perishing process.
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Post Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:21 pm

magpie wrote:for an hour and you couldn't smell burning oil .
amazingly yes. I hate the smell of it, even a trickle if I've topped-up and I'm not a happy bunny. Obviously didn't burn too much.
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Post Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:22 pm

zaust wrote:Spray the bay with wd40 (alot). Cover your electrics the jet wash it. At least you will have a nice clean engine.

and make sure you remove the oil from all the bushes and mounts as it will speed up the perishing process.
Thanks, can't be arsed for all that though. Sorry... :o:
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