It Passed

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:25 am

The 19TRS went in for its bi annual test and passed. So thats another 6 months on the road for the old girl thats clocked up 290,000km.

Not bad considering I got her as a parts car for the other BX 14 months ago and this is test number 3

Not all plain sailing the last few weeks have repaired a strut return hose, replaced the wiper washer switch which I think the problem is actually the washer bottle motor but for the test it worked

found a hole in the CV boot and at this stage it passed as an advisory as it is not spraying on the brake mech and I think the rear arm bearings are starting to brake up. Not enough to fail her though. The wiper blade needs replacing so all in all a happy result. Even the damp patches of the LHM the tester has now got used to seeing them on my BXs

Only bad thing really is that she drinks Oil, how bad I am not sure but she will be getting a service now so we will see. May see the 300k km mark in around a years time I hope.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:12 pm

Congrats, good mileage that for a petrol, they are decent engines if looked after. May be worth considering changing the viscocity rating of the oil if its eating too much of the normal stuff?

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:39 pm

good to hear,
might find the crank case breather is clogged up,

you can strip these out, remove the filler neck from engine and poke the large end of a half inch drive extention up through the bottom end,, and tap the other end of the extention on the bench, the inards of the filler neck will come out with a roll of gauze around it, un/roll this clean it and re/assemble,

once back on the engine make sure the large rubber pipe which goes to the crank case is not colapsed

regards malcolm

Mike E (uk) · Post by **Mike E (uk)** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:33 pm

I expect the valve guide oil seals are not working properly at that mileage if they have not already been replaced.

If the oil consumption is not too bad and it passes MOT then it is not worthwhile changing them on a future 'parts car'

Mike

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:25 pm

MULLEY wrote: May be worth considering changing the viscocity rating of the oil if its eating too much of the normal stuff?

What grade you recommend? Diet has been Castrol Magnatec 10/40.

citronut wrote:good to hear,
might find the crank case breather is clogged up,

Cheers I forgot about checking those but saying that I had noticed the fillers on either my BXs get that dreaded mayo. Probably because the standard minimum trip distance is 20km or more for them @ 100kph on 99% of trips.

Not to much of a drama really, until she starts taking a litre per tank of fuel

Incidentally emission testing is not standard over here yet but excessive smoke visually would fail. Reality is the WOF/MOT here is pretty lax compared to the UK.

One big positive is the comment "she is a Solid Car" for a 20 year old car the rust demons have been kind. Be a differant story if I lived near the coast.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:39 pm

Dunno about the viscocity rating tbh as i've never had a car that's had high enough mileage to warrant changing the oil type. You could always try it gradually, say 15w 40, then going to 20w 40 to see what rating it stops eating oil. Hopefully you may get some advice from someone who has already done this to give you some thoughts on what they encountered etc...

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:34 am

MULLEY wrote:Dunno about the viscocity rating tbh as i've never had a car that's had high enough mileage to warrant changing the oil type. You could always try it gradually, say 15w 40, then going to 20w 40 to see what rating it stops eating oil. Hopefully you may get some advice from someone who has already done this to give you some thoughts on what they encountered etc...

Given an oil change is every 10,000kms (6,000 miles), I dont think I will be worrying to much about the grade as long as it is cheap if the engine is burning oil.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:44 am

Kiwi wrote
"as long as it is cheap"

cheap oil can cause mayo,

regards malcolm

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:28 am

citronut wrote:Kiwi wrote
"as long as it is cheap"

cheap oil can cause mayo,

regards malcolm

Depends on your definition of cheap and quality.

Currently apying $25 for 4ltr pack Castrol Magnatec but in another place same oil $40. Thats what I was meaning by cheap

Short trips cause mayo as well.

CaM · Post by **CaM** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:39 am

you can run these things on 20w50 (castrol gtx is a good enough oil, and usually one of the cheaper ones) without any problems. some lubrication companys recommend this grade even. weird

anyway i've run psa XU engiens for tens of thousands of km on 20w50 without any problems. sorts out minor consumption due to valve guide or stem seal wear to a point...
fwiw, i'm dismantling a bx at the moment if you're after any bits.

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:52 am

Thanks anyways I will stick to 10w 40 or 15w 40 as recommended by the glovebox manual ( I should have checked that earlier but now I know why I use that grade anyways

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Fact is the engine has nearly 300k on it thats approaching 180,000 miles so I would expect some engine wear to become evident. Once it starts there is no going back short of a complete rebuild or lots of expensive work.

I still have a stack of parts in the shed from the last BX that was dismantled and as I have said this is a donor car eventually. You never know though might be something one day needed. Thanks all the same.

CaM · Post by **CaM** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:45 pm

sweet! perhaps i'll get ahold of you in case you have something i need some day. probably be coming your way in the next couple of weeks for a random day trip (planning on going to mangaweka with one of my mates in his bxgti for a mid week laugh) so may extend to horopito for something to do. i think they've even got a bx there (auto)