Nermor
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Hi I have already googled allot of information about it but want to hear some of your opinions.
After I got my RCZ 1.6 Petrol 2010 (EP6CDT) I did all the maintenances myself like oil and filter change, also I chose to swap from 5w30 to 0w30 oil. Now after 1200km I noticed that I had put like 1 extra ltr of oil and oil level is still on 50% and car asking to full up the oil every time i start it.
I have few variants of the problem:
1. Rocker cover leak\damaged: (least expensive and I can do it myself) (Never seen any oil leaks underneath my car, checked for few days with paper no leaks at all)But I still think its a good idea to swap new Rocker cover because of integrated crankcase ventilation valve and I thinks it might be damaged as well.
2. Crankcase ventilation valve: So yeah actually I can fix this 2 problems just by replacing Rocker cover.
3. Valve stem seal: I think this one is the most expensive atm, I would love to do it myself but I need tools for that and also as far as I know its impossible to do it without putting of the timing chain and I don’t want to do anything with that. (If they are not broken and just dried out I can use some adhesive to fix it for some time)
I have atm no access to my car until tomorrow so I cant test everything right now, when I get any updates I will post theme here.
Update:
After a day I have checked oil level it was still on 45%-50% I added extra 500ml (full up the oil notification is still present)
After some idle for 5 min I tried to see if there will be any smoke from exhaust on high rpm and after 5-7 sec holding on 4k rpm I see almost no smoke coming out. So I hope my valve stem seals are ok but its worth to use some adhesive to help them.
Tried to open oil cap and remove it, I felt almost no suction pressure and there was some smoke coming out but I have heard some whistling noise and motor throttle a bit but worked fine.
Im still thinking about to replace Rocker cover, I have spot some minor oil leakage on the chain side, also thinking about to swap back to 5w30 and use Oil leak stop adhesive. If oil consumption drops at least 500ml to 1000km, I would be happy with it.
Update 2:
Just ordered new rocker cover and will be replacing it in few weeks myself.
After I got my RCZ 1.6 Petrol 2010 (EP6CDT) I did all the maintenances myself like oil and filter change, also I chose to swap from 5w30 to 0w30 oil. Now after 1200km I noticed that I had put like 1 extra ltr of oil and oil level is still on 50% and car asking to full up the oil every time i start it.
I have few variants of the problem:
1. Rocker cover leak\damaged: (least expensive and I can do it myself) (Never seen any oil leaks underneath my car, checked for few days with paper no leaks at all)But I still think its a good idea to swap new Rocker cover because of integrated crankcase ventilation valve and I thinks it might be damaged as well.
2. Crankcase ventilation valve: So yeah actually I can fix this 2 problems just by replacing Rocker cover.
3. Valve stem seal: I think this one is the most expensive atm, I would love to do it myself but I need tools for that and also as far as I know its impossible to do it without putting of the timing chain and I don’t want to do anything with that. (If they are not broken and just dried out I can use some adhesive to fix it for some time)
I have atm no access to my car until tomorrow so I cant test everything right now, when I get any updates I will post theme here.
Update:
After a day I have checked oil level it was still on 45%-50% I added extra 500ml (full up the oil notification is still present)
After some idle for 5 min I tried to see if there will be any smoke from exhaust on high rpm and after 5-7 sec holding on 4k rpm I see almost no smoke coming out. So I hope my valve stem seals are ok but its worth to use some adhesive to help them.
Tried to open oil cap and remove it, I felt almost no suction pressure and there was some smoke coming out but I have heard some whistling noise and motor throttle a bit but worked fine.
Im still thinking about to replace Rocker cover, I have spot some minor oil leakage on the chain side, also thinking about to swap back to 5w30 and use Oil leak stop adhesive. If oil consumption drops at least 500ml to 1000km, I would be happy with it.
Update 2:
Just ordered new rocker cover and will be replacing it in few weeks myself.
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