petrol smell in (oil & water)

[mc_hawkings]

I'm not sure if gasket has gone as theres no mayo but as i've just changed it. but when doing h-bolts i slipped & did one up to much. Theres fuel smell in the water & oil & fuel smell from the ehaust. Theres power loss as well but it comes & goes.

What do you think gasket,carb needs setting up,running rich can it sap power?

cheers........

[cooper_nova]

I'm not sure if gasket has gone as theres no mayo but as i've just changed it. but when doing h-bolts i slipped & did one up to much. Theres fuel smell in the water & oil & fuel smell from the ehaust. Theres power loss as well but it comes & goes.

What do you think gasket,carb needs setting up,running rich can it sap power?

cheers........

not sure if its the same but i got petrol smell in the oil and have a loss of power(as if its running on the limiter but its not got one lol) and thats bcoz its running rich so i've been told

[mikeyredtop]

if u have a petrol smell in the exhuast it will be ur rings letting too much blow-by gasses getting by... would explain the loss of power if say 1 cylinder is loosing compression a bit or a lot...

[mc_hawkings]

Hmmm it doesnt smoke at all though, i only put it in last week & looked pretty tip top when i took the head off ,ie no rim at the top of the bore & still honing marks visable. Just been getting less power now its quite pitifull. I think i should take it apart again just to make sure.

I did do it in the pissing down rain anyway

Its just i've sheered the water pump allen key bolts to.

[mikeyredtop]

do a compresion test one of my cylinders is down on compression and down on power. but doesnt smoke... and it smells of fuel in the oil breather...

[mc_hawkings]

i just had the Co2 & emissions checked, it was running weak plus i put my dizzy back & it seems ok now. Still smells of fuel but they reckon its ok. Might buy another nova at the weekend to if all goes to plan.

[benji]

smell your water in the expansion tank, if that smells of exhaust fumes then it's probably the head gasket,

[mc_hawkings]

It does smell fumie in the expansion tank.

[m.d.]

hmm i had this on my old 1.6 and it was a cheap head gasget that caused it. was weaping gasses through

[mc_hawkings]

Yep tis gone i rekon. I was driving up a hill on the motorway today in 4th & it started popping holding back & that.

Oh god it'll do for a while though