Hi all, wifey has herself a lovely little red fto, that has three oil leeks according to the garage. 1. The rocker cover gasket, 2&3 are the cam seals.

 

Is there anyone that could advise me if we can attempt this at home here in Crawley, only labour costs are going through the roof at the mo. cheers all!!!:wink:

should be fine. depends on how bad the leak is. if its just a little weep it would proberly run forever like that :)

Haha Barry has come out of hibernation, glad your still on here mate.

I have a very good friend mechanic just down the road from me, but would need the car down here as he works from his house.

When are you going to let the zed out to play???

stu

i was going to buy one for my wife three weeks ago, went to see 3/4 and 2 of them were 200 + miles away from me . All of them beautifuly modded .. only one prob .. they've got to be the rustiest car ever !! all bloody 4 of them dying of rust underneath and in the engine bay in the exact same place .. that put me off so i bought a leon cupra lol hope you checked the rust mate .

Yeah mine had the rust all along the seams in the engine bay aswell. so does my mothers :wack:

Nice cars to drive but I had loads of problems with mine. The tiptronic box is slow and crappy and The electrics are terrible

Haha Barry has come out of hibernation, glad your still on here mate.

I have a very good friend mechanic just down the road from me, but would need the car down here as he works from his house.

When are you going to let the zed out to play???

stu

 

Stu,I have tried calling and texting, how are you mate

should be fine. depends on how bad the leak is. if its just a little weep it would proberly run forever like that :)

Hi Car Mad, no its worse than that has to be done so going to attempt it on my own, just wondered if anyone here has done it really!

what model is it? we have mivec putting 240bhp at fly wheel,

when doing the leaks around cam belt be careful with the cam sensor its very prone to damage, while at it take the trouble to change the cam belt and aux belts you have to remove the aux belts so makes sense to replace as for the rocker cover thats just a case of unbolting and replacing again change the oil at the same time.

to do the cam seals you will need the car off the ground but don't try ordinary ramps on the drive as the bumper is to low to drive onto the ramps you will need a good trolley jack and stands, also before jacking up drive front wheels up onto a paving slab it will give you a couple of extra inches to get the jack under.

good luck and pm if you have any questions I will have a look on the workshop manual to see if its any help...........lol its even in english.

what model is it? we have mivec putting 240bhp at fly wheel,

when doing the leaks around cam belt be careful with the cam sensor its very prone to damage, while at it take the trouble to change the cam belt and aux belts you have to remove the aux belts so makes sense to replace as for the rocker cover thats just a case of unbolting and replacing again change the oil at the same time.

to do the cam seals you will need the car off the ground but don't try ordinary ramps on the drive as the bumper is to low to drive onto the ramps you will need a good trolley jack and stands, also before jacking up drive front wheels up onto a paving slab it will give you a couple of extra inches to get the jack under.

good luck and pm if you have any questions I will have a look on the workshop manual to see if its any help...........lol its even in english.

 

Than you,

 

i have orderd a manual for the car now, mind you I noticed that all the rocker cover bolts were loose so I have tightened them first to see if that is the problem.