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    OpelAus Enthusiast JasonGilholme's Avatar
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    I don't think it was because of the oil. If anything you will have slightly higher oil pressure which isn't a problem.

    What can happen, especially during hotter weather or even if your car is running too lean, is that your cat heats up too much and the internals of the cat melt.

    if you can, unbolt the cat and give it a shake. See if it rattles.

    You'll be able to smell it if your cat is dead.

    Jase

    PS Just thought....shouldn't an emissions light come up on the dash if the cat is rooted??
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    sounds like your cat is stuffed, but i am not sure about the oil.. sure overfilling will make you burn oil, but i dunno about a plume of smoke..overfilling oil can make you blow all kinds of seals tho Click here to enlarge

    what your cat goes and the internals disintergrate, you can have intermittent power problems, i know when mine went i was on the freeway and it just woulndt rev, had my foot flat and it barely made it to 100kph...pulled off the freeway think i had a major problem....but then as i was pulling off it went back to normal and was fine for a few days...then massive loss of power for a day...then fine..then screwed etc.. till finally it stayed screwed and then i got a new cat :P not expensive, should be less than $200 including fitting etc.
    (another thing is that if your cat gets full of oil...then you go for a long drive the oil heats up and accelerates killing the cat...but a cat full of oil, when it heated up, would prolly cause a nice big plume of smoke too Click here to enlarge )
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    Sounds like a reasonable explanation there blueraven.
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by oneightoo Click here to enlarge
    yeah your right crispy.. might be time i got that supra i always wanted..
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    A Supra is my dream car. Definately better without the wing.
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    sounds like you need more info...


    ITS THE OIL!!!

    the engine stalled as when the oil is too high it is burned through the intake ... because you were moving the engine was kept spinning which cleared the oil through it...

    check your dipstick and drain if necessary...
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    ok i checked the oil on the dipstick and it's just over the max line.. i'll drain it tomorrow..

    would this have caused any internal damage to the engine?
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by oneightoo Click here to enlarge
    ok i checked the oil on the dipstick and it's just over the max line.. i'll drain it tomorrow..

    would this have caused any internal damage to the engine?
    you only need the excess out, no more... if its not by much you may as well leave it...

    it won't really do much damage (but being OPEL god only knows whats going on now), blow by won't, but it will have gummed up your internals, as well as your intake, nothing to stress over, but i'd remove even just the gear around the TB and clean that up as well as the plastic intake piping, the rest should be ok
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    sweet, thanks for that.. these calibra's arent exactly the cheapest bastids to repair either..
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