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General => General discussion => Topic started by: SarahD on 02 May 2005, 19:58
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was at a car meet earlier, and someone noticed oil on the floor. and it was where my car was parked.... anyway thought nowt of it and then noticed earlier outside my house that ive got oil.... so ive taken these pics..... i put a litre of oil in it other day... and now theres nothing showing on the dipstick.... :cry:
ive taken these..... is it the actual sump or the sump gasket... or something else? sorry bout the size of the pics but i aint resized em so u can see.... i dont know what im looking for :huh:
(http://images7.fotki.com/v152/photos/2/208436/2142412/oilleak001-vi.jpg)
(http://images9.fotki.com/v171/photos/2/208436/2142412/oilleak004-vi.jpg)
(http://images7.fotki.com/v152/photos/2/208436/2142412/oilleak005-vi.jpg)
(http://images9.fotki.com/v178/photos/2/208436/2142412/oilleak008-vi.jpg)
bit worried now cos ive gotta get to work etc
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could be a few things sas, can you take another pic of the engine from the top looking down on the gearbox side of the engine please
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sass... its not gonna stop the car from running but the sump gasket looks fooked, the engine looks a little oily behind the diddi cap aswell is it leaking elsewhere??
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looks a wee bit middle east :cry:
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im waitin for batteries to recharge, gunna clean some of that oil off now and try and see if its comin from anywhere, ill take some more pics soon as the batteries charged.... cant see it dripping anywhere though
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clean all round the sump/oil pan, but its doubtfull that even with a weepy sump gasket its losing that much, you need to check with it up on ramp/axles stands at a level to see if you can see if its running from somewhere else then onto the sump, hopefully not a crank seal gone, but im sure if its lost over a litre in a week you see wehere its coming from ,........
crank seals (pulley or flywheel end)
oil fitler rubber seal
not alot else really to spue that amount of oil on to your arse end!!
:undecided:
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looks like its coming from the oil filter, ive cleaned the oil off the sump and around the chassis legs, and im waitin for the digi cam batteries to recharge to take another few pics
cant see any from the top of the engine though :(
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if its oil filter tis easy, just get a new one and fit it just make sure you smeer the new rubber seal with fresh wngine oil before you fit, have you had an oil change etc done recently??
ibe had a rubber seal fail on me before on an oil filter, changed the oil+filter the day before, went to work, on the way home the oil light came on... the seal had split... and pumped the contents of the sump onto the orad, luckily id iddnt seize it up........
hope its a simple fix for you.... oil leaks are a pain in the ass, one drp spreads like wild fire and can be hard to trace.....
dose sound like your filter seal though ....
:cool:
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if its oil filter tis easy, just get a new one and fit it just make sure you smeer the new rubber seal with fresh wngine oil before you fit, have you had an oil change etc done recently??
ibe had a rubber seal fail on me before on an oil filter, changed the oil+filter the day before, went to work, on the way home the oil light came on... the seal had split... and pumped the contents of the sump onto the orad, luckily id iddnt seize it up........
hope its a simple fix for you.... oil leaks are a pain in the ass, one drp spreads like wild fire and can be hard to trace.....
dose sound like your filter seal though ....
:cool:
ive got a new oil filter here, just no oil :mad:
i cant see any drips now, just put a towel under the car and left it for 10 mins and no drips at all.. but theres no oil on the dip stick tbh.... .. heres another few pics....
(http://images9.fotki.com/v177/photos/2/208436/2142412/oilleak007-vi.jpg)
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/1813/oil_leak_014.jpg)
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/1813/oil_leak_015.jpg)
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/1813/oil_leak_025.jpg)
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/1813/oil_leak_024.jpg)
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by the way oil is all over the crossmember in front of the filter i'd be inclined to agree it's the filter seal. it's like it's been forced out under pressure. you may as well put the new one on now anyway.
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if it is like we think the filter seal, it will only leak whilst the engine is running.....
so crank it up and watch...
:smiley:
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heres some pics of the oil filter and crossmember
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/1813/oil_leak_023.jpg)
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/1813/oil_leak_022.jpg)
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/1813/oil_leak_006.jpg)
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deffo looking oil filter area.... lets hope its a cheap fix hun!!
:laugh:
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hope so :cry:
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tried replacing the oil pressure switch on the top of the oil filter housing, It's hard to spot but mine went on the old white valver and i had no idea where it was coming from until i put it on a ramp and prodded about all around the oil filter, then bingo there it was dribbling oil everywhere.
Might be worth a look, if it is they cost about £3 from GSF and take all of 5 mins to replace.
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tried replacing the oil pressure switch on the top of the oil filter housing, It's hard to spot but mine went on the old white valver and i had no idea where it was coming from until i put it on a ramp and prodded about all around the oil filter, then bingo there it was dribbling oil everywhere.
Might be worth a look, if it is they cost about £3 from GSF and take all of 5 mins to replace.
yep, pitstop pointed that out to me as a common place for oil to piss out of :undecided:
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aye just squeeze the wee rubber boot on top of the senders, if oil is coming out of them then the wee boot will be full of oil
i recently replaced the gaskets on my oil filter. pretty easy enough. there is a gasket for the oil filter housing and also a gasket/ rubber o-ring that goes between the filter housing and oil cooler - got both from German Swedish
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ive had a good look today and its leaking from the oil filter. ive just bought a new one am takin it to jet wash to blast all the oil off from underneath and im gunna change the oil and filter and hopefully *fingers crossed* itl be fine :cool:
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don't forget to take some WD40 if your sparying water near any electric bits. Hope it works out, i don't think you need anymore bad luck :wink:
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best off luck with that sassy, hope it is just filter :sad:
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best off luck with that sassy, hope it is just filter :sad:
it aint the fillter :cry:
changed filter and done an oil change.... its leakin from somewhere else, but its round there... not sure if its the oil cooler gasket... gunna steam the underneath and de grease and see if i can see where its leaking from
oh and there was only 2 litres of oil drained out
and i put 1ltr of it in the other day :shocked:
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Your best bet is to gunk the engine then give it a good steam clean, just do it on a day when you dont intend to use the car as it wont want to run to well for a while after, let it stand up and dry out.
Then hopefully you'll find the leak easier.
I know how much of a pain it is when your car keeps leaking oil. I've done the dizzy, sump gasket, cam gasket and still have an oil leak on the bell housing which I have diagnosed as a crank main seal gone, oh well gearbox out again.
Good luck with it.
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best off luck with that sassy, hope it is just filter :sad:
it aint the fillter :cry:
changed filter and done an oil change.... its leakin from somewhere else, but its round there... not sure if its the oil cooler gasket... gunna steam the underneath and de grease and see if i can see where its leaking from
oh and there was only 2 litres of oil drained out
and i put 1ltr of it in the other day :shocked:
Look at my post on the other page.
Look for this above the oil filter housing, you will only see the white top and a cable coming off it.
(http://secure.eliseparts.com/media/Oil_pressure_switch.jpg)
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When mine was leaking oil from this area it turned out to be the 'o' ring between the two parts of the oil cooler (not between the filter & oil cooler, if that makes any sense.. lol)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/pegasus26/CIMG0436.jpg)
To take the 2 parts apart you need to remove the oil filter, then unscrew the nut which clamps the 2 parts together (27mm socket iirc), then the square part should slide off the pipe which the filter screws on to...
You should then see the 'o' ring, whip it off (the o ring.. lol) then smear some clean oil on the new 1 then re assemble...
Hope this helps u out ;)