Speedyduck36

Thanks Phil There is some oil in the engine sump but not that much. I've had the 14 pints in there a couple of weeks now and its holding it so I don't think that's an issue. Cracked a bolt on the fuel filter and there's fuel going in but I'm having a great deal of trouble starting her. Battery now flat and on charge. Going to try again today to see if I can start her and get a friend of a friend (who knows about engines) to try and give me his opinion before I have to spend a huge amount of money. I'll see if he has any further comments that could help identify the issue / resolution Ta Mark Hi Thanks for posting I tried Uxbridge and without really knowing what my problem is they just quoted me 3.5k or 5k for refurbed or replacements which is a bit drastic and a bit pricey. I've got a friend of a friend having a look today so I hope I can shed more light on the issue then. The oil is still at the same level after a couple of weeks so no apparent leak although she hasn't ran. Ta Mark

Thanks for the response. I do have some oil in the engine sump but it doesn't look like 14 pints worth. I did have the engine completely serviced back in August and before that time I never had an issue with the oil. Maybe it was something that happened after, or because of, the service. She's always been a bit smokey and the distance covered since the service was Gayton to Coventry basin and back down to Milton Keynes so I'm not sure if that was when the oil was lost. Anyway thank you for your advice and hopefully someone out there may be able to assist further. It's good to know that there are some virtual people out there that I can talk to about the issue.

Hi This is my first post so I'm not sure if I'm doing it right but here goes...... Unfortunately I think I may have cooked my Lister SR3 engine. I hadn't run it for a while but then had a good run but hadn't checked my oil. I couldn't start the engine and compression seemed to be the issue. Having checked the oil, it wasn't on the dipstick so I topped up. After toping up over 14.... yes FOURTEEN pints of oil, I am now half way on the dipstick. I get enough compression to start but she now blows quite a bit of black smoke and smoke comes from the head also. I am told I may have cooked the engine. I can get her to run for a while but when she gets warm the revs drop even with full revs on and the engine dies. I am told I may have cooked the engine and my best course of action is to replace it in its entireity with an SR3 or an ST3. This is an expensive mistake on my part.... not topping up with 15 quids worth of oil which may now cost me over a grand to fix. Any advice or anyone out there that has an SR3 or ST3 engine in good working order. Thank you in advance to anyone that can help