ianwlk
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Quite a high mileage car - but that oil filler issue raising its head again?
No crash, catastrophic fault motor
As a retired Engineer and looking at the colour of that bearing, it's basically lack of lubrication that has overheated and expanded the bearing which has split the "very" thin alloy housing.No crash, catastrophic fault motor
As a retired Engineer and looking at the colour of that bearing, it's basically lack of lubrication that has overheated and expanded the bearing which has split the "very" thin alloy housing.
I cannot see how that alloy casting as thin as it is can stand up to the forces generated and to the differences in expansion of dissimilar metals with the heat that is generated.
Was it the driveshafts that had vertical movement before the 'big bang' occurred ?The transmissions have vertical movement that does not look good...
I ask the service if they have verified the transmissions and they say they are fine.
Well it is a lot less oil, but I get your point!Bearing failure on the differential then. Gears no longer aligned, broken teeth, jam, bang.
Think I'll be changing the oil on mine every 20k miles for as long as I have it, it's no better than owning a fossil burner
Although if you use the official oil 1litre is more expensive than 5 litres of synth engine oil.Well it is a lot less oil, but I get your point!
Built to a budgetJeez that casing does look thin…
I’ve seen thicker on low power motorbikes.
I remember a gear oil additive in the 70s, Molyslip IIRC, that let you run the car with no gear oil in it for many miles before it failed.Yes, no oil will lead to a broken gearbox, seems very clear cut what has happened here.
They still make it.I remember a gear oil additive in the 70s, Molyslip IIRC, that let you run the car with no gear oil in it for many miles before it failed.