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28th March 2011, 07:54 PM
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Did 600mile trip to france today with the car loaded to the brim, it was riding so low the bilsteins looked basically bottomed out at the rear constantly. Far from ideal but we had so much heavy stuff to take that this was the only option.
There was me and my girlfriend and at least 400kg luggage in the back and 200kg on the roof bars as well as half a tank of petrol and the 90l LPG brimmed. It still pulled like a train though!! Anyway, all the motorway driving seamed to make the oil leak creep its way back on the the cats which where smoking mildly when stationary after a long stint. Seamed ok though but i was a bit concerned every time I stopped to pay the toll fees and saw smoke coming up the side of the car.. amazing what a tiny leak can do in the long run. Hopefully it won't get any worse. Last edited by s2_bo; 28th March 2011 at 07:58 PM. 
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#2
29th March 2011, 11:26 AM
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If there's smoke and the leak is that far forward I would suggest the cam cover gaskets are to blame.
As suggested, there's PLENTY of places the V8's leak from but cam cover gaskets pour oil straight onto the exhaust manifolds, when used normally this oil gets blown around the engine and drips off but on long journeys the oil collects to the point that it cant just dissipate and actually starts to burn off from the manifolds. Worth a closer look - just don't be tempted to put any kind of fluid that miraculously cures leaks in the eggine, these can cause even more issues with timing variators and relief vlaves etc!
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#3
29th March 2011, 05:46 PM
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Thanks Ben, I spoke to the previous owner earlyer for other reasons and he confirmed that one of the cam cover gaskets was leaking and they didnt replace it when they did the cambelt because it was on back order
 So that confirms at least one place its leaking from.. Ill keep an eye on it. Cheers. Bo
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