oil leak!!!
#1
Posted 05 October 2005 - 07:07 PM
my beautiful car has devleoped a serious case of diahorrea, everytime i drive the car, oil spews out from somewhere?? Its only happened for a couple of days
It doesnt happen immediately but after about five miles, or a sooner if I give it high revs. It doesnt lose all of its oil just enough to coat everything under the bonnet and to leave a little pool when parked.
it starts to smoke from around the cap and leaks into the car - not good as drivers window doesnt go down far!!
so any helpers? any idea why or even where it would be blowing oil out of?
#2
Posted 05 October 2005 - 10:38 PM
a friend of mine had this problem on his spi cooper. turned out to be a thin pipe coming from the oil filter into the block, it was leaking at the block end and just needed tightening up with a spanner. of course it could be something else entirely. try running the engine on the drive with a white piece of paper under the car to see if you can trace the leak.Can anyone help....
my beautiful car has devleoped a serious case of diahorrea, everytime i drive the car, oil spews out from somewhere?? Its only happened for a couple of days
It doesnt happen immediately but after about five miles, or a sooner if I give it high revs. It doesnt lose all of its oil just enough to coat everything under the bonnet and to leave a little pool when parked.
it starts to smoke from around the cap and leaks into the car - not good as drivers window doesnt go down far!!
so any helpers? any idea why or even where it would be blowing oil out of?
the oil will get thinner as the engine warms up hence the leaking after you have driven off so let the engine warm up fully before the paper test.
good luck, hopefully the guys on here can help you more
ps is the oil filter tight enough? rocker cover gasket leak?
#3
Posted 07 October 2005 - 08:05 PM
#4
Posted 07 October 2005 - 08:10 PM
happened to me the last couple of months mate!! i found that the top of my dipstick had lost its rubber ring!! *sounds very perverted* :saywhat:think ive identified where its leaking from.... the dip stick - what does this mean???
anyways it had, got myself a new dipstick, problem solved...I hope!!
" now where did i leave that Ann summer catalogue!! " :grin:
#5
Posted 07 October 2005 - 08:28 PM
#6
Posted 07 October 2005 - 08:33 PM
The go for a short drive, go home and put a bit of cardboard under the car!! the you will see were it is dripping, and try to follow it up!!
Minis are famous for leaking oil, i got to that stage of accepting it until Mr police banged on my door, pointing at the stains all over the road... :fear:
#7
Posted 07 October 2005 - 08:35 PM
#8
Posted 07 October 2005 - 11:32 PM
new filler cap and dipstick? have you over filled the engine?its not leaking oil - it is actually throwing it out!
#9
Posted 07 October 2005 - 11:32 PM
#10
Posted 07 October 2005 - 11:42 PM
Carry out a compression test and if you can get it to a garage with the gear, a leakdown test.
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