dave_shakes

Hi Richard, Thanks for getting back to me, I'll try and work out where the oil is coming from and put some paper down underneath it to see where it comes from. I'll also check the oil level to see where its at as well. I can give you a call tomorrow and maybe we could arrange a time for you to pop over? Thanks again D

Hi all, thanks very much for the replies, very much appreciated! So, Richard, how much would you charge to come and have a look at the engine? If the leak can be plugged and more oil can be added to the engine do you think that this would solve the problem? Or, if there is too much oil in, do you think that taking some out would be helpful? I'm going to have a look tonight and try to find where the leak is, if I do find where the leak is coming from, (thanks for the warning about this Springy!) I'll try and tighten it but in case I don't, please let me know if you could pop over the Oxford and how much you would chage. Thanks D

Hi, I'm an absolute beginner, and know almost nothing about engines so please forgive my ignorance! So I've lived on my 50ft narrowboat (built 1989) for a year now and over the last couple of months the engine has been emitting lots of smoke, its sort of greyish-blue. Also, there is a large amount of (what I think is) oil leaking out. Finally when I turn the engine on to higher revs after a few minutes a loud banging noise starts, sounds like metal banging on to metal, which is disturbing so I turn the engine right down again which makes the noise stop. I think that all these issues are related, like maybe the oil leak is making the engine smoke and the lack of oil is somehow making the engine make the noise. What irritates me is that I took it in to a marina to have it serviced recently and all they said on the matter is that Listers are prone to do this, without any further explanation. I'd be really grateful if someone had any insights into it. As I said, I know almost nothing about engines so any help is much appreciated! Thanks! D