10-11-2013, 03:54 PM
Does anyone know the colour of the original sealant used by Citroen on the 1.4i engines?
I'm doing an oil and filter change, and because off earlier mess, I'm doing it a bit more thoroughly...
(Having the oil lamp blink now and then is also a good reason to be paranoid)
I removed the sump to remove any sludge in it, and also to check the oil pump.
The sump was sealed with a white sealant, and there was rather a lot of 'beading' on the inside, indicating that there had been used too much sealant, and that really indicates to me that this has been worked on before.
The sump itself was very clean, with none of the caked on deposits I expected on an old engine with 120K or more on it.
Oil pump looked OK, and the chain felt good, so I'm not doing too much to that.
I did remove the strainer, though and are giving it a good once-over in the ultrasonic cleaner right now.
Now I just have to scrape off all the old sealant in preparation of putting everything back together.
(I have a red 'high temperature' sealant I expect will do the job OK.)
I'm doing an oil and filter change, and because off earlier mess, I'm doing it a bit more thoroughly...
(Having the oil lamp blink now and then is also a good reason to be paranoid)
I removed the sump to remove any sludge in it, and also to check the oil pump.
The sump was sealed with a white sealant, and there was rather a lot of 'beading' on the inside, indicating that there had been used too much sealant, and that really indicates to me that this has been worked on before.
The sump itself was very clean, with none of the caked on deposits I expected on an old engine with 120K or more on it.
Oil pump looked OK, and the chain felt good, so I'm not doing too much to that.
I did remove the strainer, though and are giving it a good once-over in the ultrasonic cleaner right now.
Now I just have to scrape off all the old sealant in preparation of putting everything back together.
(I have a red 'high temperature' sealant I expect will do the job OK.)