Post by wannabe on Apr 19, 2024 11:41:47 GMT
Help!
Did about 7 hours of motorway driving yesterday, in two stints of about 3.5 hours.
Felt like it was suffering hesitation/misfiring the whole way, but I am certain that is the core pack arcing out and needing to be changed. (I have one in a 'safe place', haha)
On the way back, something smelt... hot? burny? It was hard to pin down if it smelt of hot rubber, burning oil or something else, and I was overtaking most other things so it wasn't a vehicle I was following.
Nursed it for the last half an hour and kept an eye on all the gauges as it was not very happy and the smell wasn't shifting.
Went for a brief burst of overtake off a roundabout near home and, er, got smoke rising from the gearstick / centre console area...!
Pulled over to look under the bonnet. Coil pack seemed fine, HT leads looked good (and are new), nothing touching the exhaust, fluids looked good, no obvious cabling problems or other damage to anything.
I did have the clutch/flywheel done fairly recently, though, and the gearbox shaft seal done as part of that.
So...
Would I be correct in thinking that I could have an oil leak in the box, that is getting super-hot after extended use and then burning/smoking off on the inside of the hot bell housing?
I guess I should check the gearbox oil level as the garage I'd need to take it back to is about 100 miles away, but I don't have a flat driveway and I don't know if there are ramps to hire nearby...
Any suggestions/thoughts very gratefully received, thank you!!
Did about 7 hours of motorway driving yesterday, in two stints of about 3.5 hours.
Felt like it was suffering hesitation/misfiring the whole way, but I am certain that is the core pack arcing out and needing to be changed. (I have one in a 'safe place', haha)
On the way back, something smelt... hot? burny? It was hard to pin down if it smelt of hot rubber, burning oil or something else, and I was overtaking most other things so it wasn't a vehicle I was following.
Nursed it for the last half an hour and kept an eye on all the gauges as it was not very happy and the smell wasn't shifting.
Went for a brief burst of overtake off a roundabout near home and, er, got smoke rising from the gearstick / centre console area...!
Pulled over to look under the bonnet. Coil pack seemed fine, HT leads looked good (and are new), nothing touching the exhaust, fluids looked good, no obvious cabling problems or other damage to anything.
I did have the clutch/flywheel done fairly recently, though, and the gearbox shaft seal done as part of that.
So...
Would I be correct in thinking that I could have an oil leak in the box, that is getting super-hot after extended use and then burning/smoking off on the inside of the hot bell housing?
I guess I should check the gearbox oil level as the garage I'd need to take it back to is about 100 miles away, but I don't have a flat driveway and I don't know if there are ramps to hire nearby...
Any suggestions/thoughts very gratefully received, thank you!!
lol)
lol
and I don't have a pump-and-tube thing to even just top up what I do have until it comes out the filler hole... lol (assuming I could get to the filler bolt and get it undone!)
