Went down to Crail Raceway today (spectating only) and had a pretty good day

Left there and headed back up the road. Noticed that when i was giving the car a boot up it was filling the road with smoke and it was still there on overrun. Put it down to the turbo as off of boost it was ok. No probs i thought, i'll just get my hybrid earlier than planned
Took it pretty easy after that but was sitting around 75 / 80 (off boost) when i said to my brother £uck sake look at my oil pressure just with that on came the oil light. It was in with the clutch and off with the ignition and coast into the nearest layby. Bailed out and lifted the bonnet, Oil everywhere and no oil cap. Stuck some oil in that i had in the boot and rammed a cloth into the rocker cover but i think the dammage is done nice metal to metal rattle now. looks like i havent done it any favours by running it dry at that speed.

Now heres what happened.
Checked all the levels this morning before we left. I always crack the oil filler cap seal by slackening it by about 3/4 of a turn, just to aid the oil draining into the sump (force of habit) and leave it for a while before i check the level.
I dipped the oil and it was fine but must have forgot to tighten the cap back up
So there we go, my mistake and a £ucking costly one at that

 

Mate thats unlucky, and you had just put it up for sale
Sold mine just in time

 

Sorry to hear that Paul

Expensive mistake, but im sure you'll have it fixed in no time

 

Ouch sorry to hear that bud!!

 

Sorry to hear Paul.

Another cossie engine dead today.

 

ah shit mate thats bad news

get it stripped and see what the damage is.


chop

 

Bad news mate. We've all done daft stuff though if we're honest

 

abosolutly gutted for you mate

 

 

Gutted for you mate prob not going to be good news but fingers crossed

 

Sorry to hear that mate Same thing happened to me a few months back in my RS 2000.

 

Cheers for the coments guys

Will get it pulled apart in the next few weeks and inspect the damage.

Good excuse to rebuild it bigger and better

Paul.

 

aye its always a good excuse

just thinking i was wanting a blast in the esc too when we meet up

apparently my car was on the rollers yesterday hopefully its all ready to rock! gonna call em tomorrow night before my shift. fingers crossed it went ok

chop

 

Hope it's not too bad, but as you say i expect the damage is done. Pretty crap that you weren't giving it stick when it died though as atleast you'd have something to blame it on. Good luck anyway!

 

Any news on the car then?
Is it going to be ready for you when you hit the beach? bet you cant wait to get the thing back.

I was bricking it yesterday that all the oil was going to go up. £ucking stuff was all over the turbo and manifold and was smoking good Wouldnt care but i was in Halfrauds on Friday and i picked up an extinguisher and then put it back once i had a look at the price

 

Do any off u thind that the CVH cap blows off at times i've found it off about 3 times o-ring must be a bit knackerd or something

 

car is ready and waiting for me
they ran it up and didnt adjust anything cos it was fine. shite hp tho so i told him to try crankin it up a bit

you still havent bought an extinguisher and you know whats happened to me twice??

how much are they like?

glad i have a spare to replace the last one


chop

 

Bloody hell Paul , what a bummer as that was one sweet engine

I am shure when you have rebuilt it you will be happy with the results so its a good excuse to spend loads of money on it now and keep it

I hope it goes ok for you mate

Paul

 

Chops,

the things are only about £45 but i can get them cheaper from my M8 who dose fire systems so i have one on order

Paul,
cheers
I will pull it apart and check out the damage then go from there.
Will prob give you a shout in the next couple of days.

Paul.