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At my wits end !! Could anyone help me please .. did put a question already but no replies but have another which i hope someone can help with i didnt have any smoke coming from engine when i bought the trike found out bypass valve stuck so replaced and have great flow of oil now and smoky engine (b...

Yet another query to my previous two posts ive read on here opel manta 2.0 stem seals fit older sd1 heads has anuone fitted them ??? Not really keen on taking off heads if there not going to fit

Further to previous post i have pipe at rear left hand side on top of rocker cover going into left hand carb and on righr hand side front have flame trap with no bafling wire in it , on top of this theres another hose although alot bigger going into right hand carb no pcv vales are fitted ? If i tak...

Good evening everyone havnt been on here for quite a few years since having a v8 trike sold it and now have another.. all seemed well when first bought it , took rocker covers off and no oil to the heads bypass valve stuck so easy fix now theres streams off oil( did change rocker arms for another se...

No john no filter to rear of engine .

Ok thanks read on a site not having pcv valve could cause this .. still want to fit pcv valve can someone suggest best way to fit with my above description thanks paul

Sorry guys havnt been on here for quite a long time .. i have a problem ... my rover 3.5 engine is in a trike my prob is to do with crankcase pressure at present i have to pipes one coming of each rocker cover running down to a catch tank which has a filter on top when doing a longish journey i have...

Thanks for that Dave now up in middle of France rode trike about 250 miles yesterdayrode ok but when you take foot of throttle it smokes badly and when apply throttle all ok again and engine oil level is up again I'm having to top up auto box every 100 miles or so _ gm auto box so oil is going from ...

No smell of petrol once I burnt oil off. In exhaust trike ran really well, I have a jealous neighbour and trike was left in front garden and think he's sneaked in and topped it up with more oil! Can someone tell me approx how many litres a Sd1 3-5 engine takes

Well guys had a check of engine and for some strange reason the oil is well over max on dipstick and I defo did/not overfill it --emptied about 2 litres out burned of excise oil in exhaust seems all ok so thanks guys- not question is who put the extra oil in?

Hi folks just got into Spain on my v8 trike and major problems have occurred I'm smoking badly and when I say badly I do mean badly I suspect oil ring but unsure a moment my question is if it's rings or piston that's gone would it be possible to take plug lead of suspected piston and run it like thi...

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just done a compression test on my engine it was done with a cold engine and the readings were between 130 and 140 i have just read it should have been done with warm engine do these readings seem ok ? the engine is 9;35;1cr... thanks in advance

just had a good look at linkages and was a bit of play on one carb so fixed that thanks for advice dave