Rangie; Losing Oil, Losing Power, Feeling 'Rough'
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From: Roclive on 17 Apr 2010 06:05 My '84, petrol Rangie has started to lose a lot of motor oil underneath, whilst also losing power, to the extent she'll only reach 65, even with foot to floor. Feels 'rough' too. All serviceable parts are up to scratch; filters/oil /plugs etc. Any ideas much appreciated. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Paul Giverin on 17 Apr 2010 06:46 In message <hqc160$ggc$2(a)adenine.netfront.net>, Roclive <roclive(a)fsmail.net> writes > My '84, petrol Rangie has started to lose a lot of motor oil underneath, >whilst also losing power, to the extent she'll only reach 65, even with foot >to floor. Feels 'rough' too. All serviceable parts are up to scratch; >filters/oil /plugs etc. Any ideas much appreciated. > It would be nice if you told us where the oil was leaking from. Autobox/torque convertor? -- Paul Giverin My Photos:- www.pbase.com/vendee
From: Conor on 17 Apr 2010 08:09 On 17/04/2010 11:05, Roclive wrote: > My '84, petrol Rangie has started to lose a lot of motor oil underneath, > whilst also losing power, to the extent she'll only reach 65, even with foot > to floor. Feels 'rough' too. All serviceable parts are up to scratch; > filters/oil /plugs etc. Any ideas much appreciated. > Assuming you've not owned it from new, my first bet is the camshaft is worn to buggery as oil changes tended to get ignored. You'd need to pop off the intake manifold and the oil shield below it and then you should be able to see the camshaft if I remember it right as I served part of my apprenticeship at a Land/Range Rover dealership but that's many moons ago. Also do the compulsory compression test. Oil, assuming its not engine is likely the crankshaft oil seals if its a high miler. FWIW, when we did PDI inspections, on the road test a Vogue EFi was expected to get 24MPG. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Dave Plowman (News) on 17 Apr 2010 13:02 In article <hqc160$ggc$2(a)adenine.netfront.net>, Roclive <roclive(a)fsmail.net> wrote: > My '84, petrol Rangie has started to lose a lot of motor oil > underneath, whilst also losing power, to the extent she'll only reach > 65, even with foot to floor. Feels 'rough' too. All serviceable parts > are up to scratch; filters/oil /plugs etc. Any ideas much appreciated. Did both faults happen at exactly the same time? -- *Confession is good for the soul, but bad for your career. Dave Plowman dave(a)davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.
From: Roclive on 17 Apr 2010 19:35
> Did both faults happen at exactly the same time? No, the engine oil leak/s started some weeks ago. The 'rough' feel & power loss, just yesterday or so. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- |