Oil filter mount -

[JC]

Right then, one of my many jobs is to sort the oil leak out 1.8 6v btw 

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



the engine had a load of work done before I bought it, and this is one of many leak it had 

so, advice ?? tips etc

Thanks in advance

[Chris-White]

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

[Chris-White]

oh, and you need a very deep socket to get the nut off that holds the cooler on!

[JC]

 

looks like the progressive oil change system mite remain then



 

[Conker]

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.

[JC]

 

[rubjonny]

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

[JC]

or where the housing bolts to the engine, theres an alan bolts  just by their 

[sidecarphil]

head gasket 

[JC]