martinopy Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 I'm looking for some advice/hints as i've had a bit of a problem today, i was on a country road and had to overtake a tractor, i dropped it into 4th gear and put the foot down, i was revving quite high but nowhere near the red line, i smelt a burning smell and looked in the rear view mirror to see loads of black smoke coming out the back. I slowed the car right down and the smoke went completely away, i got back to my house about 10mins later and there was quite a bit of oil dripping from below and splattered around the passenger inner wheel arch. I washed the car off and since then there's only been a few spots have dripped off, i'm not sure if these are new drips or are just dripping off from the original leak. I checked the oil level and topped it up as neccessary, i then took the car for a gentle drive and everything seems ok, pressure and temp was ok, no lights or fault codes on dash. I got back and put a bit of cardboard under the car and over the past hour there's been a few spots on it. The car is a 2006 uk model with 23500 miles on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Stew had a similar problem on track around 6 weeks ago. Turned out that oil was passing up the dipstick tube and dripping onto the exhaust. You may have a similar issue but not necessarily from the dipstick area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinopy Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Stew had a similar problem on track around 6 weeks ago.Turned out that oil was passing up the dipstick tube and dripping onto the exhaust. You may have a similar issue but not necessarily from the dipstick area. Cheers i think that might be the problem as when i first looked under the bonnet yesterday i noticed the dip stick was sitting up about an inch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 That is your problem. Not bad for a long distance diagnoses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 So does the dipstick work its way out over time or is this a case of user error? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Usually the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinopy Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 Yeah i'd say it was probably user error on my part, i had just checked the oil the day before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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