took my rocker cover off yesterday and found this

 

holy fuckin shit.

 

i said something similar to that mate

 

fucken hell

 

Just a rocker cover gasket, just stick some tissue in the plug holes to absorb the oil.

 

serious gaket fail

 

Given that it's a Cossie I'd say that's quite normal and there's nothing wrong

 

I'm surprise it didn't miss fire all over the place with the HT leads swimming in oil.
Rich

 

It didn't miss once mate you've got to love a cossie lol

 

Its only a bit of oil.

 

That's what I thought. The gaps for plugs 1 and 2 on my zetec always have a bit of oil in, going to change the gasket when I paint my rocket cover.

 

you need a oil change to

 

That looks alright seeing as most ford's usually that oil would be where you last parked
At least its still in the engine

 

Johnny

Are you running std cams bud?

Regards, Stephen.

 

That's bad!

 

stops it corroding...

 

easy to get the oil out of there just take the plugs out and it will drain away, it'll smoke you say, its a cossie prob smokes anyway.

 

Yes mate the whole engine is standard

 

Christ! Bit of oil there ain't there? (slight understatement).

 

mine was the same mate due to badly fitted gasket by previous owner i only noticed mine when it began pouring out of the little hole at the back of the rocker cover going all over the exhaust and causing a large amount of blue smoke to pour out of my bonnet vents!

 

Had similar on the Escos recently, just a poorly fitting cam cover gasket. mop it up with tissue and clean the plugs-wack on a new gasket and away you go. there will be a lot of smoke to start with but should clear in a few mins

 

ive put a new gasket on there and checked the next day and oil on the ht lead again

 

i used a metal gasket on mine that has a special rubberised coating on it, with it being metal there is no way it can move when putting the bolts back in far far superior to a standard gasket and re useable too

 

Did you put a little bit of sealer on when you fitted it to help hold it in place and clean the suface of the head and cam cover? easy for the gasket to move or a little bit of shit stops it fitting right.

 

yeah i put sealer on the gasket but it must of moved

 

Unreal, not seen anything like that before. Hope you get it sorted out ok.


Cheers,
Grant

 

Mine did exactly the same as this, turns out that where a cock had scraped the previous gasket off they had gouged the cover and it was leaking through there. I had to use a gasket and sealer to cure it.

Mike

 

Its just that i dont see the groove on the inlet cam and was wondering if it was running different cams.

does the timing marks point towards each other on the two cam pulleys?

Regards, Stephen

 

JP i've still got a 100 quid and my porn collection for it?

 

forget the £100 just give me the porn lol

 

mine does that, about every 5 minutes, even with a cometic gasket. must be a warped rocker on mine.

 

I had the same leak 3 years ago,with a new Cometic and Loctite Seal its still ok.

 

you do know that new oil goes in the plug marked "oil" dont you

 

so thats what im doing wrong lol

 

wonder how many cossie owners have the same problem and dont know it bet its a few.

 

sweet i'll wipe it all off hire a luton and drop it off!!