27-11-2021, 09:49 PM
(27-11-2021, 09:27 PM)12jslater Wrote: After buying a seven and wanting a proper seven since I was eight I have drained the sump and dropped it to clean it of its oil and water mix, filled it back up with fresh 30 weight and the engine is far from perfect, it iran smoothly at first but now it idles smoothly however when moving along it sounds as if there is a diesiel generator and a teaspoon attempting to escape the crankcase, I don't want advice as I am tackling it myself however I would be interest to hear opinions on what it could be, just a test I suppose to see how accurate you older seveners are haha.
If you don't know the history of the car I think running it before a complete strip down could lead to more serious problems- just my thoughts !