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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: JC on 21 November 2008, 20:31
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Right then, one of my many jobs is to sort the oil leak out 1.8 6v btw :wink:
the only place i can see it be leaking from is the square block that the oil filter screws onto where its bolted to the front of the engine
this
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/chuff69/DSCF2325.jpg)
the engine had a load of work done before I bought it, and this is one of many leak it had :rolleyes:
so, advice ????? tips etc
Thanks in advance
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Thats the oil cooler.
Spin the filter off, you will see a bolt on the long thread that holds the filter on. If you undo this the cooler should drop off iirc. It has a rubber seal around the top. I dunno if you can get the rubber seal seperate or if you need a new cooler, but its only 20 quid ish from gsf i think.
Oh, you will also have to change your coolant when you take the cooler off, as its got two water hoses running into it.
hth
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oh, and you need a very deep socket to get the nut off that holds the cooler on!
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:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
looks like the progressive oil change system mite remain then
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Get ready for a ghetto idea....
This idea might suck, but if you steam cleaned it first, could you paint it with some hardcore mo'fo engine paint, perhaps using gasket sealant first, to seal the crack?? It can't be leaking under much pressure. Perhaps 5 coats of engine paint would be enough to seal the crack?
Just a thought. Told you it was ghetto.
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:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
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lookin cloisely, it seems the oil is actually leaking from that upper oil sensor, if you follow the black sticky stain up it seems to originate from there :)
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or where the housing bolts to the engine, theres an alan bolts just by their :undecided:
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head gasket :laugh:
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:rolleyes:
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i know but thought i'd put my 10 penneth in
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you know i'm right though
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or just living up to your signature :lipsrsealed:
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or just living up to your signature :lipsrsealed:
:laugh: Never noticed that before :grin:
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i've used that one every where
you like it i think
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Needs a better photo from further back - can't see sh!t in that one :tongue:
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no , there is no sh1t in that photo
:lipsrsealed: :lipsrsealed:
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Is that Dutch humour? :tongue:
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no mate yorkshire humour :wink: :wink:
(just live ere )
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that aint yorkshire humour :tongue:
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hmmmmm
and that from a saaarfner :tongue: :tongue:
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I only live here :rolleyes:
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:grin: :grin:
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anyway back to the picture, you can see the oil starts from the middle of that rear sensor, the mounting face is pretty far back from there. Not that that means anything though, oil leaks can behave in mysterious ways :grin:
but that would be my 1st step, replace that sensor and clean up the housing as best ya can, see if it comes back and from where.
Lot of yorkshire folk on here living down south, myself included. Its where the good money is :cool:
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:grin: cheers jonny, i got a spare lump with all that on so shall take that oen apart first, double check further back on Red 1 and go from there :wink:
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no good money in the uk at the mo
i'm loads better off over ere in mainland europe
about 2000 euro's a month take home for a landrover mechanic :smug: :smug:
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meh landrover :sick: never run out of work fixing them :tongue: 1/2 shafts all round
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nah that is old new's :grin: :grin:
wiring prob's and softwere issues
never out of work , that's for sure
but i do love seeing customers faces when they see the bill's
but that's why i run and old golf :cool:cheap as chip's
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nah that is old new's :grin: :grin:
wiring prob's and softwere issues
never out of work , that's for sure
but i do love seeing customers faces when they see the bill's
i love seeing there faces when main agent gives up and i get to give them bills as well :)
really anything rover / landrover with 4 or more wires proably has a nested gremlin inside, v8 engine mangment has LOTS of gremlin
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8v engine mangment has LOTS of gremlin
don't i know it :angry: :angry: :angry: