Oil still leaking even after rocker cover gasket changed...

[Kierab]

so i was driving down the road, not going fast or anything, just cruising, get to a set of lights and after about 10 seconds i see a sh!t load of smoke coming out of the bonnet

so i pull over, open it up, and there heaps of oil on the rocker cover, (the left one) and smoke coming off the manifolds where the oil has, i think dripped onto, which it then decided to catch on fire, not too bad though, just got to it before it could do any damage

the transmission dipstick had also popped off which i noticed and i looked at the colour and it was pretty brown aswell, dont know if thats a seperate issue but yer

i also changed the rocker cover gasket about 2 days ago so i now have no idea whats going on

any ideas????

[soop]

You didn't do the job properly :P.

You either pinched the gaskets, they were torn before you put them on or you didn't do the covers up properly.

[Proman]

did you make sure the gasket sat nicely in the rocker cover, you can put some vasoline or something similar so the gasket stays in the grooves nice and flush, or check for cracks on the cover its self id say

[python_hunter1]

if the auto dipstick tube was out, its a good chance it is trans fluid that got spat out and caused the smoke. Have you got oil on the underside of the bonett?

[WAFFEN SS]

The dipstick is on the right and He is talking about the left rocker. Id say check your work and the gasget and them turn to the trans couse thats a different and bad problem.

[shaunington]

dunno if Im missing something obvious(ie: what kinda car/trans etc.) or if you guys are looking at the engine a different way, but we were working on my mates VR auto and checked the trans oil while we were at it, and the dipstick was definitely on the left of the enginebay? I thought the VS were the same, too? Issues could be related, but if I'm completely wrong then ignore me

EDIT: ^ If you're looking from the front of the car toward the firewall that is


The locking dipstick cover thingo circled

[hako]

Left is sometime right which is why it's best to say passenger or drivers side. Engine firing order is the same - Poms and Yanks have number 1 at the front whilst Frogs (and Jaguar) have number 1 at the firewall.
If the trans dipstick is out, you can bet thats' where the oil came from.

[Andrew426]

I would be checking your gearbox breathers.

[Kierab]

thanks for the replies people

probably whip out the service manual and have a look at all of those things when i get time

dunno if this is any relation to the problem

but there is a hissing sound coming from the centre console

and

it never wants to get out of gear in the monring, gets to about 4000rpm and then changes sometimes, but thats morning aswell so yer, normally goes fine when its warmed up, but that takes ages

cheers again

[hako]

Do a codes check Checking error codes VR/VS (Revised) you'll probably find a code 59 or 68 which indicate the transmission slipping and overheating which boils the oil and forces it out the dipstick hole and then onto the hot manifold. Ties in with the other probs you have.