dualcitizen
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Just wondering aloud here what I should start looking for. I got this 940 a few weeks ago and I've noticed a baked oil smell whenever I come to a stop after a drive. I thought it wasn't a big deal as the car has a pretty thick coating of rust protection (oil based) treatment, and it's normal for theme to smell a bit. But I checked the dipstick and it almost didn't read any oil. I put it about 1.5 quarts to bring it up.
Also, when I opened the oil cap, there was a fair bit of smoke/steam coming from there together with that smell. Maybe that's normal, I don't know. Don't recall that with the R.
The car drives great as far as I can tell, and the turbo spools nicely.
I'm thinking I should clean off some of the gunk around the turbo and manifold to see if there's a leak somewhere. I've head about people cleaning the flame trap box. Not exactly sure where this is, but I suppose that should be done or at least inspected. I'm going to do a timing belt change here shortly, anything else I should check? I'm new to the RWD redblock scene but I've been reading and trying to learn as I go along.
Also, any Quebecois here who want to buy my R?
Also, when I opened the oil cap, there was a fair bit of smoke/steam coming from there together with that smell. Maybe that's normal, I don't know. Don't recall that with the R.
The car drives great as far as I can tell, and the turbo spools nicely.
I'm thinking I should clean off some of the gunk around the turbo and manifold to see if there's a leak somewhere. I've head about people cleaning the flame trap box. Not exactly sure where this is, but I suppose that should be done or at least inspected. I'm going to do a timing belt change here shortly, anything else I should check? I'm new to the RWD redblock scene but I've been reading and trying to learn as I go along.
Also, any Quebecois here who want to buy my R?