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No.. Oil + very hot surface = fire.DrewG60 wrote:a fire???? you must be joking....how can i fix this?Roadhog wrote:And then a fire.DrewG60 wrote: it appears to be dripping on the header which makes for a nice plume of smoke.
Or someone had finally had it with their corrado?Roadhog wrote:
it is probly a vale cover gasket or cam seal is the head an they 8 valve g60 or have you put the 16 valve head onDrewG60 wrote:it was the gauge...due to coolant leak... found and fixed. everything is now fixed except for oil leak. its very small as I am not losing a noticeable amount of oil however *from a novice's perspective* it appears to be dripping on the header which makes for a nice plume of smoke.vrtpassat wrote:is this what the gage is telling you or have you felt the engine it might be for this problem a bad sending unit gage is messed up or broke wire unless you have a fail safe termast in wich when they fail they fail in the open position as to not over heat the engineDrewG60 wrote:Also, the engine is remaining cold for some reason. Just another piece of info for the equation
good luck i wish i could help more but you are a ways away
