Engine & bay soaked with engine oil

[kippo]

hi,
i just got my 3 MPS delivered and as i drive it away, i am wondering why there is no strong pull from the engine. I noticed that the turbo boost is not coming even when i reach 3000 rpm. No engine checklight as well.
So i just drove it to town, revving up to 4000 rpm n 120 km/h.

Feeling something not right, i pop open d engine bonnet and found that the engine oil top up cap is not there. The engine is soaked with lube oil, the bonnet insulation piece is dripping with lube oil. Then i found that the engine oil top up cap lodged between the cables.

I guessed that the mechanic must have not closed d cap properly during the oil change which i asked for before getting delivery of the new car.
i checked the oil level, it is still well above minimum level.

will the engine suffer any damage? how about the turbo because it is not spooling up?

Will the oil damage the paint in the engine bay and seep into the electrical cables & sensors?

I have told the dealer about this and they will tow the car today.

[joker]

Do the right thing and name and shame this dealership.

[Caffeine Fiend]

Do the right thing and name and shame this dealership.

That's not going to resolve his immediate issue. Accidents sometimes happen and I doubt it was intentional. Give the dealer a chance to rectify it before blasting bad karma out there .

Besides, if kippo is actually from overseas as his profile suggests, it won't make much impact

Re damage to the engine it's hard to know. I would be putting the onus back on the dealership to not only resolve any problems that arose from the mishap, but also insisting on a steam clean of the engine bay at their expense


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[guitar69]

Hi Kippo.
Sorry to hear about your unfortunate experience.
Ditto what Caffeine Fiend says.
I'm assuming that your car is new. Correct?
May I suggest that after the dealer cleans up the mess they've made, you take a new MPS3 for a spin. If the dealer car spools up more quickly than yours, then that is the time to be asking some serious questions.
Hope all goes well.

BTW, where are you based?

[kippo]

yep, i am from d far east. Been lurking on this forum while waiting for d car delivery as i found this forum to be active and informative

i just need some guidance in what to do with the engine and what to check so that i will not have problems later.
It is a new car, just got delivery of it hence only 70km on d clock.

will cleaning with soap will do? or steam cleaning is the best?

my worry with oil is that it likes to seep into everything hence the electrical cables & sensors may be ok now but i am not sure in the future.

what baffles me is that why d turbo not boosting? is there any engine sensors that detect if the engine oil cap is open, the wastegate will open to not spool d turbo?

thanks

[TD]

Brand new? Straight back to the dealer, don't touch it or do anything. Just go straight back to the dealer!

[SarcasticOne]

Brand new? Straight back to the dealer, don't touch it or do anything. Just go straight back to the dealer!

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and im sorry but all i can think of with this thread is jeremy clarkson going "what manner of terrible things has happened under my bonnet???"
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[bd581]

Turbo issue is probably because the ECU would have detected the problem and put the car into "limp mode"

I doubt you will have any serious issues, but i would get it to the dealer, don't touch a thing. And notify mazda, not to complain, but just to make sure they have a note of what has happend should you have a problem later down the track you can fall back on this incident.

Mate had a similar problem with a brand new moto Guzzi bike. After the first service the dealer didn't tighten the sump plug and it fell out and dumped all its oil. 6 years down the track he has had no problems

[kippo]

brought d car to the dealer rep. workshop here after a mazda tech. flew from d mainland (i'm on an island here). He found d engine checklight is there but he didnt bring d diagnostic tool. He just recommends d workshop to clean the engine with high pressure water jet which did not remove all d oil (no steaming equipment here).
So d car is left there in d workshop while he flew back to get the diagnostic tool next week.

hope d oil has not damage any rubber or sensors parts..

[Yeldarb]

They should in theory give the car back to you even cleaner than it was when you bought it. Just as long as they are careful with the cleaning.

Grajy would know a good way of cleaning an engine bay.