aaaggghhh HELP oil

[stainesy]

just been speaking to a mechanic friend of mine and he was saying there is a posibility that as i over filled the oil then ragged the car the oil seal rubber being very hot from hard driving and the presure of the over filled oil could have seeped out but did not cause any damage.
said that one way to find out is to make sure oil level is right this time then give it some hard driving to get it realy hot and see if it leaks again. if it dont it will probly be ok and i should count myself lucky.

so gave it a bloody hard bit of driving and waited and nothing. its in garage now so if theres nothing in the morning i could have dodge a bullet.
oil leaks dont just stop and start do they unless over filled.

thoughts on this please 

[Gavv8]

Have you checked/topped up the gearbox oil? , i had a rover vitesse v8 that used to throw tantrums and drop oil for no obvious reason as it had a totally re-built engine and trans, so fingers crossed you got away with it.

[stainesy]

Have you checked/topped up the gearbox oil? , i had a rover vitesse v8 that used to throw tantrums and drop oil for no obvious reason as it had a totally re-built engine and trans, so fingers crossed you got away with it.

no gearbox oil not checked yet but its not gearbox oil its got no smell at all and the only smell it has is like engine oil.
its blatantly gota be engine oil.

i over filled it and thought ah fcuk it.
now there is oil on the floor and my oil leven in car is where it should be.
so oil on floor and oil missing from engine kinda makes sence. it probly looks dirtyer than the oil on my dipstic as its traveled down and out the bell housing and i have no cover on my flywheel so its probly prety dirty in there.

what do ya recon? if theres no sign of oil in the morning i could have dodged a bullet here.

[Gavv8]

Would seem that way.

[stainesy]

Would seem that way.

fingers crossed ay will see in the morning. may actuly go look in a min lol.

[Gavv8]

Your getting paranoid now mate, you should try owning anything made by renault from the 80's you would be a dribbling wreck in 24 hours.

[stainesy]

ok well just went to have a look and not a singlr drip of oil.
all seems ok.

[Seanl]

Would'nt worry about it then dude, just check it every now and again to be sure nothing is amiss.