V6 12V exclusive

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Re: V6 12V exclusive

Post by alexm » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:37 am

Some time ago, I noticed a spot of engine oil under the car. Engine was wet of oil, so I suspect the valve cover may be leaking.Repairing valve cover from cyl head near the radiator(front) was easy job, but the other one :x ...first it need to take down hydraulic pump and air con compressor

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So i go home with smile on my face, but half hour later that smile was no longer, engine oil still leaking , how,why,from where? :evil:
Back to the workshop. After cleaning the engine i found it. Oil pressure sensor was leaking, little cheap part may cause big problem.
After chaning the sensor it was a time for a litle trip. XM has passed over 1600 kilometers average speed was 120-130 km/h,fuel consumption 8.5l/100km, and i can say only it is big satisfaction traveling in car like XM V6.
One pic from one beautiful beach in Greece

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Re: V6 12V exclusive

Post by White Exec » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:51 pm

Hi Alex,

Glad you got the oil leak fixed, eventually.
That's a great pic of the XM on the beach, after a good long drive - just what the car was built for, as you say.
Fuel consumption rather good too: 8.5L/100km is 33.45mpg in very old money.
It pays to cruise...!
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Re: V6 12V exclusive

Post by cxprestigeauto » Sun Sep 04, 2016 2:19 pm

The CX oil pressure switches are notorious for leaking oil. I always carried a spare!

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Re: V6 12V exclusive

Post by White Exec » Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:45 pm

I did, just once, have a good old fashioned dash oil pressure gauge deliver warm oil straight into my lap, whilst driving.
Not nice, but it was a 1935 Rover 10.
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Re: V6 12V exclusive

Post by alexm » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:13 pm

Oh yes i know about cx problem with oil pressure sensor,my friend has a 2400 gti who been destroyed that way. This was very hard to find, it was oil all over the right side of engine, somehow oil drops to a driveshaft and she sprayed it around. Finaly the problem was in a part who cost about 7€ and need 15min of work to replace it. But that´s XM love it or hate it

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Re: V6 12V exclusive

Post by alexm » Mon Oct 31, 2016 6:29 pm

The holidays are coming, all the lights need to be on, even a shift knob [emoji6] [emoji3] [emoji3]
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Re: V6 12V exclusive

Post by russ92xmsed » Mon Oct 31, 2016 6:40 pm

:lol: Very good!
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Re: V6 12V exclusive

Post by MTXM » Mon Oct 31, 2016 8:26 pm

I see from your earlier post that you also had a oil pressure sensor failure Alex. The recent problem on my 24v was more sudden and dramatic with about 1ltr of oil quite quickly discharged! Regards, Matthew T.
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Re: V6 12V exclusive

Post by Dean » Mon Oct 31, 2016 9:13 pm

I like the illuminated gear selector, very nice, now you just need some old BL illuminated stalks to complete the look!

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Re: V6 12V exclusive

Post by alexm » Mon Oct 31, 2016 9:17 pm

I was lucky it happend in town, on open road the pressure is bigger so the engine will probably lose more oil.

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