Monday, March 20, 2006

Burning oil odor in the passenger compartment

Suspected that odor was due to exhaust leak, since Lizzie is burning oil. Upon closer examination under the hood, determined that smoke is coming from flywheel housing. On a 1275 engine, the flywheel housing has a "oil separator" attached, as part of the Crankcase Ventilation system. The smoke is not coming from where the oil separator is attached to the housing, but rather a block-off plate next to the oil separator.

Next step: determine if the block-off plate gasket can / need to be replaced. Also check operation of crankcase ventilation system. May need to clean oil separator and assorted hoses.

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