phil-h said:
I'm currently investigating this. Had a top-end rebuild in September 2005 and got some mayo on the end of the dipstick and some under the cap. Went back to the garage who did the rebuild (Thanks, cam chain guide, for breaking like a twig). Everyone has said its the head gasket, garage guy says not necessarily and he will have a look at it on Tuesday. Just got a compression tester, see if any of my pots are low before I take it in on Tuesday
Did my compression test, results as follows:
Pot: 1 2 3 4 (dry test only)
168 172 172 174
P!$$ easy to do too, takes 10 minutes which is real fast for *any* work on the z22se
Got to say, really chuffed that the head gasket is ok. Also after some research, rings and pistons appear to be good too.
Took it into the garage on Tuesday, they were now looking for an oil leak. Oil detected in the belt pulleys and all over the suspension. Wheel and wheel arch cover removed, Steam cleaned down the side of the engine, then run for a few minutes to get oil pressure back up and maintained for a few minutes. Nothing immediately detectable, but nipped up the bolts on the crank case cover as some traces could have been coming from there.
New filter & oil (5 /40 fully synthetic) installed. Will have a look tomorrow if I got any new mayo.