gmotS40T4
Monday 5th July 2010, 11:55
Hi All,
Not sure if this is a common problem but I have just been subjected to a rather costly effect from a very small cause...
...I'll start from the beginning!
My '99 S40 T4 started mis-firing all over the place and really was not happy. After replacing the Spark Plugs, HT Leads and both coil packs, cleaning the MAF, ICV and Throttle Body everything is now perfect again. Now for the cause...a perished 'O' ring on my dipstick!
Turns out the dipstick (sans functioning 'O' ring!) had been allowing oil to spew all over the engine bay. Said oil made it in under the top plastic cover on the engine and worked its way down in to the spark plugs and coil packs...thereby killing eveything in there!
The moral of the story is to pay attention to the details...10p for an 'O' ring is a lot cheaper than £200 on the parts that it breaks!
Not much use to most people but a warning to those who put off seemingly minor things!
Much Love,
Gareth
Not sure if this is a common problem but I have just been subjected to a rather costly effect from a very small cause...
...I'll start from the beginning!
My '99 S40 T4 started mis-firing all over the place and really was not happy. After replacing the Spark Plugs, HT Leads and both coil packs, cleaning the MAF, ICV and Throttle Body everything is now perfect again. Now for the cause...a perished 'O' ring on my dipstick!
Turns out the dipstick (sans functioning 'O' ring!) had been allowing oil to spew all over the engine bay. Said oil made it in under the top plastic cover on the engine and worked its way down in to the spark plugs and coil packs...thereby killing eveything in there!
The moral of the story is to pay attention to the details...10p for an 'O' ring is a lot cheaper than £200 on the parts that it breaks!
Not much use to most people but a warning to those who put off seemingly minor things!
Much Love,
Gareth