i had removed my oil pump and checked it for damage and movement within the relief valve. the little plastic plunger that makes up part of the oil pressure relief was jammed it would not move. i stripped the pump down and tried to remove the plunger it would not move, finally i had to tap it out wit...

By the way I wasn't trying to say that you had not checked and double checked everything. These were possible causes - what I usually call grabbing at straws in the wind as I had never heard of such a huge oil loss without an obvious cause. Thankyou Bill for the info. i did not take it the wrong wa...

thankyou for the replies i had replaced the oil separtor and cleaned all assoc tubes including the very thin one that come from the oil sep to the inlet manifold, which was so blocked that i had to put a drill bit through the build up. i spent 2 hours measuring a number of places on the head and the...

hi all a bit of history just before xmas the v70 head gasket had a leak and the upper heater matrix hose near to the engine block had a hole blown through it. I have since replaced the following: head gasket plus all other head relating gaskets, head bolts, sparkplug well o rings, camshaft seals (ev...