simmo Member 431 Member For: 22y 15d Gender: Male Location: byron bay more underarm hair per square km Posted 17/04/08 11:40 AM Share Posted 17/04/08 11:40 AM Now whatever you do regarding work on your car,aswell as things in general .It pays to be vigilanteand cautious .Yesterday I began removing the coil cover to replace my coils(that's anotheer story)anyway upon removing the coils my arm bumped theoil filler cap it fell down the side of my engine and onto the floor.I thoght I must have not tightened it enough after removing the coil cover .I picked up the oil cap andto my amazement half the thread of the oil cap was gone,so I searched high and low to no avail.Now me being a cautious bloke I decided to remove the tappet cover in case there was any chance of it being in the valvtrain area low and behold there it was sitting between the cams.Now my car has only 50000km on it ,the oil cap had become brittle maybe I tightened it too much but my point is im a mechanic and it didnt cost any thing to check for the broken piece.So if you are not mechanically minded it is well worth it topay someone to check it out.If something similar happensto you or even if it is a different problem it could save you thousands of dollars in the future.That littlr piece of plastic could have starved the engine of oil by breaking up and blocking oil galleries.so it pays to be fussyhope this helps someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzMahoony Hench, but no longer shredded or tanned. Member 3,343 Member For: 17y 10m 27d Gender: Male Location: Canning Vale, W.A Posted 17/04/08 11:44 AM Share Posted 17/04/08 11:44 AM I'll add to this thread and say make sure you're vigilant of the tools you've used under the bonnet..About 6 months back I found a screw driver just sitting in place up near the injectors.No idea how long it had been there for... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Member 431 Member For: 22y 15d Gender: Male Location: byron bay more underarm hair per square km Posted 17/04/08 11:59 AM Author Share Posted 17/04/08 11:59 AM I have pics but for some reason I cant load them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XF Falcon <put funny sh*t here> Member 3,365 Member For: 18y 3m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth, NOR Posted 17/04/08 12:03 PM Share Posted 17/04/08 12:03 PM And that's the reason why I have my nice shiny billet oil cap there, and not the standard plastic one. This appears to happen a bit too often for my liking.*prevention is better than cure* Lucky it wasnt a big costly experience for you mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 22y 2m 1d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 17/04/08 08:13 PM Share Posted 17/04/08 08:13 PM :spacecraft: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erko Donating Members 1,079 Member For: 21y 4m 22d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 17/04/08 09:08 PM Share Posted 17/04/08 09:08 PM ok, I will be picking up a billet cap soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 21y 5m 19d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 17/04/08 11:00 PM Share Posted 17/04/08 11:00 PM Are you sure it didnt happen from over tightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
our06t Mmmmm......BOOST Member 3,135 Member For: 17y 9m 27d Gender: Male Location: central coast Posted 17/04/08 11:36 PM Share Posted 17/04/08 11:36 PM yep I got a plazmaman billet cap ,cheap insurance I reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Member 1,627 Member For: 17y 11m 13d Gender: Male Location: Slip Sliding Away Posted 18/04/08 07:58 AM Share Posted 18/04/08 07:58 AM Are you sure it didnt happen from over tightening.Mine broke at Nizpro the other day when it was gettig serviced.Now I have a nice new one but might invest in a billet one.Maybe Group Buy??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 17d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 18/04/08 08:03 AM Share Posted 18/04/08 08:03 AM Just a blatantly obvious warning guys, the billet caps get fricken hot! Not that you would undo the cap when the car is running, but it takes a while for it to cool down, mine was still quite hot after a two hour rest one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now