hi all.
new to this forum and owning an excel and a 1.4 manual getz'
we bought the getz with 29000 on the clock for a really good deal from a private owner.
as usual with every car I buy I did a full check over and all oils.
now...when filling it up with fresh engine oil it would hardly go down the filler hole as it was all glugged up with gunck
which makes me think it had never had a service before..
anyway, few weeks later it started to blow smoke for about a minute at cold start up when parked on an angle, when parked straight it won't do it which makes me think some or one of the valvestem seals has either **** itself or just cracked due to the probably still factory oil in the engine.
not fussed replacing them but it might be because of changing oil/brand...
went with Castrol as usual and in this case 10W40 magnatec.
has anyone had any probs with blowing a bit of smoke and using oil?
cheers.
new to this forum and owning an excel and a 1.4 manual getz'
we bought the getz with 29000 on the clock for a really good deal from a private owner.
as usual with every car I buy I did a full check over and all oils.
now...when filling it up with fresh engine oil it would hardly go down the filler hole as it was all glugged up with gunck
which makes me think it had never had a service before..
anyway, few weeks later it started to blow smoke for about a minute at cold start up when parked on an angle, when parked straight it won't do it which makes me think some or one of the valvestem seals has either **** itself or just cracked due to the probably still factory oil in the engine.
not fussed replacing them but it might be because of changing oil/brand...
went with Castrol as usual and in this case 10W40 magnatec.
has anyone had any probs with blowing a bit of smoke and using oil?
cheers.