Thanks for that. Actually my yard does have a slight slope which results into the oil reading being different when the car is pointing upwards or downwards (towards the sea)
have not checked the air filter but there is no soapy water anywhere around the engine or inside the oil or inside the expansion tank. No increase in operating temperature even nowdays with the extreme heatwave that is making us suffer here in Greece (43 in the shade today) even with the vehicle under load.
no loss of performance (a funny word to use with a 2.800 kg heavy ironclad Camel 200Tdi) and fuel consumption remains steady at 11.78 to 12.5 lt/100 Km.
But will check the air filter and the oil separator to be on the safe side. I noticed today, after posting my previous message, that the ticking noise develops when the engine gets to the normal operating temperature. Also had the alternator belt snapping today in the morning. a pair of 13 and 10 mm spanners and 15 minutes later everything was OK.
On or around Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:20:01 +0100, beamendsltd enlightened us thusly:
My speedo in the SIII has developed a more impressive than normal optimism. it's over-reading by about 20%. Mile-counting appears to be correct. Oddly, after driving some distance (20-odd miles), it seemed to read more credibly again, but this morning is was back to the optimism.
My van does that with the odometer - journeys are a good 10% shorter in the van than in the car! I don't know about the speedo tho, but I keep plenty of margin when passing speed cameras just in case. I think the 'wrong' rear axle (i.e. diff) was put on when it was changed.
I believe that the ticking went when the car is cold but is still there when it gets warm. On the other hand I can not say for sure that this was not the case before the belt snapped. I also thought about this possibility but can not find a way to be absolutely sure about it.
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