Dave/Marshall,
The idea of me doing that test is totally out of the question... well,
almost. :>) I've done some weird things with repairing cars, like forgetting to
release the parking brake before removing the rear rotors (the front wheels
were blocked). I was thinking they were just rus
That sounds very similar to the symptoms when my head gasket blew
(603.971). Oil started leaking into the #1 cylinder. Be careful about
cranking/running it at all now. When I pulled the head, the #1 piston
did not protrude as far as the others and I had to replace the
connecting rod. Looking back,
could this be a problem on my 617?
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:43:42 -0600, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Zeitgeist wrote:
My OM603 has just now started to smoke (blue) so much so, that I think
I'll be parking her for some time. This started with excessive
smoking at startup, then p
Good call, the compression test is first in line, before I start
throwing $ at it.
On 11/29/05, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd check the compression of #1 to see if the seal between the the
> cylinder and the oil passage has failed.
>
> Valve stem/seal problems producing the symp
Zeitgeist wrote:
My OM603 has just now started to smoke (blue) so much so, that I think
I'll be parking her for some time. This started with excessive
smoking at startup, then progressed to a little puff of blue upon
acceleration and is now emitting a minor cloud on acceleration and at
idle. Me
My OM603 has just now started to smoke (blue) so much so, that I think
I'll be parking her for some time. This started with excessive
smoking at startup, then progressed to a little puff of blue upon
acceleration and is now emitting a minor cloud on acceleration and at
idle. Methinks valve stem s
The oil-in-the-face incident was with a warm engine. When running with
15w-50, it smokes considerably less than when running 5w-40 when warm.
That is to say that 5w-40 smoked constantly and running 15w-50
produces no noticeable smoke when cruising, but still lets me "floor
it" after I've been drivi
dave walton wrote:
My 94 S350 turbo leaks oil into the intake manifold if I use M-1
5w-40. Switching to 15w-50 essentially fixed the problem.
I have never been able to measure any detectable difference in oil
consumption when using Mobil 5W-40 vs 15W-50 synthetics in any OM60x
engine that was
dave walton wrote:
My 94 S350 turbo leaks oil into the intake manifold if I use M-1
5w-40. Switching to 15w-50 essentially fixed the problem. Here is how
I diagnosed it:
1) Fill with Mobil-1 5w-40 Truck and SUV.
2) remove the over-the-engine pipe that connects the turbo to the
intake manifold.
3
My 94 S350 turbo leaks oil into the intake manifold if I use M-1
5w-40. Switching to 15w-50 essentially fixed the problem. Here is how
I diagnosed it:
1) Fill with Mobil-1 5w-40 Truck and SUV.
2) remove the over-the-engine pipe that connects the turbo to the
intake manifold.
3) start the car.
4) s
Marshall,
During the last 3 weeks, when I did not have the car plugged-in at night
during the colder weather, it blew blue smoke out the tailpipe upon statrup. As
soon as the engine warms up just a little bit, the smoke disappears.
It is also a bit slower than normal, too.
I cha
If the turbo seals are leaking, you will have excess oil consumption
and lots of oil in the intake. Hard to tell the difference between
normal blowby and excess, though...
If the rear seal is leaking from bad bearings, you will have blue smoke
after idling and on acceleration.
Easy test it
Marshall Booth wrote:
> Of the fewer than a dozen turbos I know of that were rebuilt/replaced to
> cure oil consumption, less than half of the replacements lowered oil
> consumption.
I recall reading in a magazine article 10-20 years ago that one of the
turbo companies (maybe AirResearch?) claimed
Nick Gough wrote:
"I've just been told by my mechanic that the reason for a loss of oil in
the 300SDL is most likely due to the turbo seal going bad. Sigh... I was
wanting to get some other (cosmetic) things fixed on that beast. That
will now have to wait... if I have to replace the turbo."
Nick Gough wrote:
I've just been told by my mechanic that the reason for a loss of oil in the
300SDL is most likely due to the turbo seal going bad. They explained that the
seal between the 2 halves of the turbo could be leaking oil as there is some
oil around that area of the engine compartme
I've just been told by my mechanic that the reason for a loss of oil in the
300SDL is most likely due to the turbo seal going bad. They explained that the
seal between the 2 halves of the turbo could be leaking oil as there is some
oil around that area of the engine compartment. It seems to be m
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