Gerrard (1.9 JTD) has a slight oilyness at the front of the motor.
For a long time I thought it was coming from the rocker cover gasket but I recently replaced that and cleaned the motore to get on top of it.
I also noticed a weep from the (turned out to be very slightly loose) oil filter that was dribbling Fuchs' finest 5W40 onto the work paving slabs (I parked in a different bay for a few days so someone else would get the blame).
Anyhow, after the degrease and driving around for a couple of weeks, the beast is no longer incontinent but there it still appears to have a slight leak on or around the turbo wastegate actuator dibber-dobber (looks like a fuel pressure regulator) at the front of the turbo. I can't call it a "leak" but it looks oily, whereas after I cleaned it all up it was dry.
I'm still hoping that the oil is just residual oil that has spread out during the car running.. but it looks too much to be that.... or that it could be a leak from further up the front of the engine, behind the manifold shield where I can't see... but there's no oil anywhere else except on the actuator and around it. The front of the engine looks clean otherwise.
Do actuators leak oil? The blue hose leading to the boost valve was badly oily/grimy beforehand but I cleaned it.. it's not (yet) covered in new oil and as far as I can see/feel it appears to be in good condition, so it's not a split vacuum pipe, for example.
How do I knoe if the actuator is a bit moody/terminally worn out? Apart from it's leaking oil..
Are they easy to fit? It looks like one end has a hole in the actuator rod (to fit on a pin?) and the rod itself seems to be adjustable for length. How do I set the correct length?
Ralf S.
For a long time I thought it was coming from the rocker cover gasket but I recently replaced that and cleaned the motore to get on top of it.
I also noticed a weep from the (turned out to be very slightly loose) oil filter that was dribbling Fuchs' finest 5W40 onto the work paving slabs (I parked in a different bay for a few days so someone else would get the blame).
Anyhow, after the degrease and driving around for a couple of weeks, the beast is no longer incontinent but there it still appears to have a slight leak on or around the turbo wastegate actuator dibber-dobber (looks like a fuel pressure regulator) at the front of the turbo. I can't call it a "leak" but it looks oily, whereas after I cleaned it all up it was dry.
I'm still hoping that the oil is just residual oil that has spread out during the car running.. but it looks too much to be that.... or that it could be a leak from further up the front of the engine, behind the manifold shield where I can't see... but there's no oil anywhere else except on the actuator and around it. The front of the engine looks clean otherwise.
Do actuators leak oil? The blue hose leading to the boost valve was badly oily/grimy beforehand but I cleaned it.. it's not (yet) covered in new oil and as far as I can see/feel it appears to be in good condition, so it's not a split vacuum pipe, for example.
How do I knoe if the actuator is a bit moody/terminally worn out? Apart from it's leaking oil..
Are they easy to fit? It looks like one end has a hole in the actuator rod (to fit on a pin?) and the rod itself seems to be adjustable for length. How do I set the correct length?
Ralf S.
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