You guys will love this. Yesterday afternoon I spend a lovely hour taking air intake panels and windscreen fascias apart so I could fit new plugs in all 6 cylinders of my 328 instead of just the front 4 - its been done, I know it! Lol!

Put everything back together, and decided I couldn't be arsed to do the ribbed belt at the same time so called a buddy who said he'd do it in his lunch hour today for a tenner. Turned up at his garage, he opened the bonnet, and I'd left the oil filler cap off. :(

O'dery me jeff,

How are things now?

well done on the sparkies'

oops, oil filler cap off what's the vehicles status now ?

Well, I seem to have got away with it. I only drove a very few "around town" miles, didn't notice any loss of power due to fall in crankcase pressure as only plodding, and a friend of a friend got me a cap last night. No oil sprayed out as theres a sort of shield(?) immediately under the filling cap area?

I've never done that before, there shouldn't be any long term problems, should there? I'm assuming oil will still have circulated ok?

~Yeah there is a splash guard over the exhaust cam which should (on that engine) be right under the filler cap

If you're okay now, you should of got away with it. Oil pressure is what controls tappets and chain guide so, you'd know if you had ruined the engine by now :P

Happy it seems to of been okay for you matey :)

Daz

you got away with it feller. . nothing to worry about now. just re-check your oil level on a flat ground & happy motoring :P

Thanks all. Bit of a relief.

Oh dear well at least you got away with it and you won't make the same mistake again! :D

Lol, yes, Paul. I wouldn't put money on not doing it again, though. I'm entering the dementia zone!!!!! :wacko:

mistakes happen I guess -

I left a radiator cap off once on a Peugeot 306 gti - unfortunately I wasn't lucky on that day :(

memories :ph34r: