First problem is she complains of a strong smell of smoke through the air blower once the car has been warmed up. I take off the huge plastic engine cover and find the entire top of the engine is an oily mess. I ordered her a new rocker cover gasket and set about fitting it on Saturday.
Here is the engine all manky with oil.
Remove the inlet pipe from the intercooler...
And wow, what a complete oily mess! Note how coked up the port on the right is. I think this is the EGR inlet. Also note the complete absence of any gaskets....
So, remove all the rocker cover bolts and then remove the cover. This was pretty stubborn but a bit of elbow grease will see it loose.
Gasket was fairly brittle and certainly wasn't helping the situation.
So, remove the old gasket. This was difficult as it kept wanting to break into pieces.
Clean up the mating face. Also be sure to remove any remnants of broken gasket from inside the cover as you don't want that in your oil...
Do the same on the engine side...
Put the new gasket in place...
And fit the cover back on. Note here I have also cleaned up the inlet pipe mating face.
I refitted the inlet pipe using some instant gasket to stop oil leaking around the join. I think the original problem was probably a combination of leaking rocker cover and an improper inlet seal.
Does anyone with more knowledge than me know why there was so much oil there in the first place? I'm wondering if the seal on the turbo has gone because after a short drive, I think it is seriously down on power! It felt so gutless and didn't have any kick higher up in the rev range. Admittedly it's a tiny turbo, I thought it'd make a bit of a difference. Also, I couldn't hear any turbo noise at all....
