BUSTED in Germany if I don't fix the oil leak on my Volvo 240
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- Опубликовано: 22 апр 2023
- For the upcoming vehicle inspection (TÜV) on Lili the Volvo 244 I need to fix the oil leak(s) Starting with the leak from the rocker / valve cover gasket.I decide to do a quick valve clearance check and spark plug read whilst in the area.
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Man washed his car and has an oil leak, straight to jail
Exemplary punishment
Totalitarian society. I like some aspects of Germany, but not the nonsense like this. I have dozens of cars and really do not have an issue with small leaks on 30+ year old cars, so long as they are not dropping oil over say a 5-10 minute idle. Weeping helps provide corrosion protects IMO.
@@jellybean1976928 The idea for these "safety" inspections is often to support the car industry by making it difficult and uneconomical for people to maintain older cars, so they end up buying a new one.
@@straightpipediesel THATS the real answer, "green" politics is just another way to keep the industrial combines turning. Saving the world by throwing perfectly usable stuff away...
@@jellybean1976928 I'm sure it's not good for environment, so I'd certainly prefer if my own car does not leak oil. Unfortunately I won't be able to get all the leaks fixed on my car because one of the leaks is better left alone, my mechanic said. The other leaks probably won't be cheap to fix but otherwise our driveway will look crappy after a few weeks.
I am curious how leaky oil would affect the environment.
Yet it's hypocritical if big industry can get away with some pollution but not regular people who have a car and a small budget. And failing the cars for not having an attached gas cap is very odd and overbearing.
I love your vlogs bro. You share the REAL struggles of classic car passion.
Thanks man 💪👍
Im about to buy a volvo 240 in like 2 weeks as a first car and i am SO glad that he actually shows the struggles! Thanks for all the vids!
@@mormel6031 you’re in good company 👍
Every time the bell rings you should menacingly stare into the camera haha
I actually still enjoy it, don't know if that will last though 😄
Old Volvos never die ❤
Unless they are in Germany and leak a little
Make sure you get to the rear cam seal/plug as well!
Oh Sid, it's just one thing after another just now. It will get better as you settle in to a new way of life. Stay safe & sane.
Ah, don't worry. My garage cleans my '97 V70 thoroughly before TÜV, never had any problems ("those old ones are just leaking" - his words). Just make sure there are no new drops visible that day.
Just make sure to not dispose the oily stuff in your normal waste bin. There should be a "Wertstoffhof" or Recyclingstation near you where you can dispose that stuff legally.
Oh, and yes, those guys checking your car like to see an old car being taken care off. A clean car has more chances to get approved than a dirty one.
Thanks, yeah I hope it will be more like that now we are out in the village 🤞
@@Involvod Oh you will be, last November when I did my last TÜV the guy inspecting was a Volvo fan.... he failed me but for obvious reasons.... cat went bust so no AU. But the rest he loved.
Good Thing About A L.H.D. 240 You Can Get Number 4 Plug Out No Bother
Had the pleasure to sit in an rhd 940 manual..
Where the fuck do you guys put your left foot?!
My late friend who emigrated to Switzerland and shortly before his death obtained Swiss Citizenship due to the Cantonal System despite being a nominal Colonel in their Army was constantly afraid of breaking laws. Apparently it’s the same in Germany. Bureaucracy and petty legislation while MAJOR CRIMINALITY is thriving. 👍🏻🏴
Ah yes the dreaded tuv, I'm french and even I'm scared of it lol. Then again i also live dangerously, my mot was due in 2020 still haven't done it.
Always enjoy your videos, you have renewed my interest to buy another 240GLT like I had 25 years ago!
Nice! Good luck with the search 😃
Nice job. Volvo says you need to use RTV on the corners of the valve cover though. Also, try to set the valve cover nuts to 12 Nm and check them every now and then😉
was just thinking this too,
I use Hylomar on the 4 corners.
Greetings from a guy who has had 15 Volvos in Canada in the last 60 years. You're going to be a family man, therefore, you must stay out of jail! Both our son and daughter also drive Volvos.
Monsieur knows his way around perversions
Just love the redblock. Head gasket isn’t the end of the world on these as you say. You are aware of it and keep a beady eye on the temperature.
16:50 I drove my 740 with a blown headgasket for like 2 years
Exactly! They just keep on going
@@Involvod Yup, just had to lift my coolant reservoir lid after each trip, or coolant would leak out either into the cylinders or somewhere else...
Great video.
to prevent oil leaks from that cam cover gasket;
- clean the gasket surface
- put a dab of gasket paste in the sharp corners where the gasket passes over the bearing caps. Leave it be for a while so you can prep the other things.
- take the new gasket and smear a thin layer of gasket paste on both sides. This helps it stick to the metal parts.
- clean the cover where the gasket mates to it.
- now that the gasket paste has become tacky/rubbery place the gasket on the head.
- place the cover. Push on it where the cam beaurings are at both ends
- tighten the nuts lightly(!) starting from the middle of it working to the ends just like you would do with the head bolts.
- wait 30 min or so. Then tighten the nuts the same way to the prescribed specs.
I bet a good large Paulaner Hefeweizen beer that it will no longer leak.
about those plugs. evaluating thing from plugs is getting increasingly hard because of the 10% ethanol in the gasoline. That keeps the plugs cleaner.
those caps on the expansion tank are a known failure point. Don't get the green cap, get a grey or black cap.
If the engine actually has a HG leak you WILL notice it. The radiator hoses will feel rock hard from the excess pressure after a run.
Bros going to jail Cus he washed his car on a nice sunny Sunday afternoon💀💀
Great video buddy love seeing this car on the channel. I have the same leak on the 940 to sort soon and the cam seal that just seems to be a constant thing.
If the car is clean and there is not oil dropping on the engine, it will be not a problem, if the engine is only oil sweating it’s not a problem!
If you had a head gasket leak , after four days. The pressure would have dissipated the same way it occurred. Unless turning it over by hand prior to removing the spark plugs was enough to pressurise the system. Looking forward to future videos when you discover the reason.
As a Land rover owner I am shocked about the oil leak stories.......
You don't see any Land Rovers here 😂 I used to work for Land Rover (not as a mechanic) but I remember an old Series leaking from every gasket, even after they were re done 😂 And being told by an old techie that's just how they are
@@Involvod If they didn't leak they'd succumb to rust sooner ;)
I actually follow a German Land Rover channel "LR Time" - Vera & Christian. Great youtubers but they are modern Discovery owners. I have Defender (And volvo obviously) but enjoy their content.
Hope you settled in well and Mrs. Involvo'd doing well :)
Seeing a piece of kit from the 1830s, they probably think it's a Christmas decoration, get overcome with childish awe and sign the papers to get it over with to get to sleep and check the socks in the morning asap.
Great vid buddy. I wonder why it's holding pressure 🤔
I've been told by my Volvo mechanic seepage is normal and within spec for these cars due to aluminum/cast iron expanding at different rates. Hopefully that would be an exception because you can't even clean it in your own drive!
I've always put a thin layer of sealant on the front and back of the gasket especially on the corners
Nice video as always. You're suspecting the head gasket to go but I have to say, I don't know these engines going through a head gasket like that. I know that the head is aluminium and block is cast iron but nonetheless I've never heard of head gasket issues on these before. Well maybe after half a million miles or so, but not before that.
Man those coppers in your story sound like absolute bell ends 😂
Tbh they don't have a good reputation in Berlin, but I never had any problems
Or, as they're often called, Germans.
Man, that's honestly a little stressful with how strict their inspections are!
I have a friend who lives in Germany, not far from the VW headquarters and last time he was in America he was fascinated by the amount of rusty cars driving down the road.
I suppose I can understand why now.
I certainly hope you're able to get it cleaned up quickly and can pass inspections with ease! What are your plans to clean the old grime off?
Haha, VW, the biggest polluters got COURT , with Dieselgate , cheating owners and the world with HIGH POLLUTION . Your mate lives in a test tube. No fun to be had whatsoever , typical German........*My mother was German. ( Red Cross Nurse in WW2.
the struggle is real; I daily a classic saab 900 and had someone mention a drop of oil leak out of the engine in the US lol.. where there are fleets of outdated diesel fracking trucks doing literally millions more in environmental harm on an hourly basis lol. Where we have methane leaks with the emissions the scale of medium size cities!
Well, the struggle is real 🤣. I'm trying to stop my engine leaks too. On the other hand these leaks keep the car from rusting away too quickly 😂. Gotta keep the balance!🤣
I guess it’s gonna take awhile before I’m over the jump scares of the church bells :) Really adore the Germanity (is that a word?) of all the rules they come up with, credits the level of organization in the country
It's fine that the cooling system is holding pressure. Good even, your system clearly has no leaks. The cap won't vent below 75kPa.
I worked at a vag dealership and those vw cars always leak they must scratch a lot of stickers off of them in Germany also with the cam cover gasket I use a smear of tiger seal on it so it's practically welded on gotta love tiger seal better than rtv in my humble opinion
How is possible that a valve cover gasket fails so often?
Leaking headgasket would be a shame yeah ai hope it is not time yet
Tbh I've never changed this one before, but have had it on and off before so that won't have helped. But they do seem to be a common place to leak on cars but I'm not sure why
@@Involvod because sometimes when you put them on, they don't fit properly.
Baby will be born wearing ear muffs ( bells ) 🤣And a volvo spanner in hand. Another great video.
According to 9:48, how to adjust measurements for b230f(1990)? Could you share some video tutorial or instructions
@5:02 Those so called public servants shouldn't abuse their power regardless. He might have triggered their douchebag instincts and they were power tripping.🤔 Someone who "man handled" a friendly old granny for being on the "wrong" demo probably doesn't mind bullying some lad who made a mistake or two. 🤷♂
Mine is leaking from the whole motor Block...could be the pcv valve and the cárter oíl presure box?
Sniff of coolant. No fear
Don't you just love living in Germany after ten years I want to move to the Netherlands
It has its ups and downs 😃
If you love paying through your nose to own a car. Yea move to the Netherlands, my S80 cost me €74,- a month in just taxes.
@@Thurrock91 what s80 do you have?
@@shugthehornyhaggis Simple 2.4 20v from 2000
@@Thurrock91 euro 3 170hp would cost about the same in the UK to tax and half that in Germany but then you live in Germany and you need to drive on the Autobahn with germans
Seems a bit excessive with how strict Germany is with the oil leaks, but since you can't wash your car at home I'm not surprised. Here in Norway some "sweating" is acceptable, as long as there's no drips during the inspections. My Amazon would technically fail an inspection if I had to do them, but when felt and wood pieces are the sealing materials on the rear main seal, they will leak a little bit no matter what you do. I wonder if the police would impound my car if I ever went to Germany on holiday with it?
Do you guys have test exemption for classic cars?
@@Involvod Only if the car is older than 1960. You could also get exemt if you have a car that is 50 years or older that is registered as a "preservation worthy vehicle", but that comes with a lot of limitations to maintain that status. My Amazon is a 1958 model and registered as a regular passenger car. Otherwise inspections are bi-annual and cover safety and emissions. The last few years they made it a lot stricter, and cranked up the price.
@@togst thanks for the info 👍
@3:54 Can somebody explain how to see that it is due end of may? I don't see an arrow or something anywhere in the '5' division? Curious to know, we don't a sticker like that in NL
Yeah, no arrows here. The number on the twelve o'clock position tells you the month when the next inspection is due.
November till January have extra thick black stripes. Together with the colour-coded sticker the police can see from driving behind your car if it's roadworthy or not. Very clever.
There is method to the madness. Very German. ;-)
@@jensrodmann5110 Ah, so that's it! Thank you!
Oh damn today I figured out that my Volvos Oil Pan is leaking... tightened uo the bolts, works sort of.... but it does not look like a job easily done is it? Is it an unbolt the axis type of thing? I feel there is another 1000€ going into my 940 once more =/.
So good luck with your oil leaks =)
I think it could also be the case on mine. You can either unbolt the subframe underneath or lift the engine up from the top, both a pain in the butt 🤣
@@Involvod ohh shit... then I hope tightening the bolts at least reduce the oil and it does not get any worse 😄. And here I thought the volvo is easy to work on.
@@sermovies3217 it usually is but there's like 2 jobs that are way harder than you'd think it would be and this is one of them 😂
If the HG is suspect, might be just as well to bite the bullet and do it before the test, its not too big of a job really.
Doy you use LPG in Deutschland?
It's more economical fuel so everyone should want to use it.
look At This On You tube 100's of classic volvos left to rot Should Take You To Drifts N Lifts You Could Build Your Own 240
Hi.
Head gasket to be repaired :-(
Lucky your interest is not in BMC or Leyland cars. You would be fighting a losing battle.
British vehicles leak every possible fluid known to man, some also have the rare ability of leaking electricity!
@@Vaino_Hotti . Yes, that is how British people learned their stalwart approach to products made in Britain. . They love to be challenged on a daily basis with a stiff upper lip. Fixing one problem is not as satisfying as it is to finding another.. The car manufacturers of the past relied on this. I am an Australian of British stock, so I am thankful for my genes, that nothing will beat me when working on cars. 😀
literally 1984
I don't like it