1st Problem. Any Ideas???

1st Problem. Any Ideas???

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waddler

Original Poster:

77 posts

268 months

Thursday 5th December 2002
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Had the Cerb out for a blast last night and after pulling into the garage I noticed puffs of light coloured smoke drifting out of the handbrake area. This stopped after a couple of minutes. I checked under the bonnet and all was well.

Went out again and same problem after pulling into the garage. It happens with engine running and continues for a couple of munutes after turning it off.

Anyone got an idea what this could be?

Looks like i'll be off to Hexam very soon. This is the first problem I have had in 5 months. I thought it was too good to be true.

dern

14,055 posts

286 months

Thursday 5th December 2002
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Oil dropping on the exhaust from the gearbox maybe or oil/clutch fluid getting past a seal and burning off on the clutch possibly?

Good luck,

Mark

mycerbera

413 posts

274 months

Friday 6th December 2002
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Yep... Had the same problem on my C8ERA, turned out to be a gearbox seal / gasket gone. So gearbox out to fix job I'm afraid!

waddler

Original Poster:

77 posts

268 months

Sunday 8th December 2002
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Ouch,

My warranty says that any oil seals requiring removal of engine/gearbox are covered so fingers crossed.....