When I went out to the car today i found a small puddle of oil under the engine. On closer inspection its comming from the bottom of the engine block. With the bonnet open, standing on the right hand side (UK car) looking into the engine you have the oil filter housing. This appears to bolt to the block with 4 bolts, just behind these bolts is where its leaking the oil (its not the oil filter or teh mount bolts for it...Ive checked)! There is a row of small 10mm bolt heads all the way round the base of the engine, and the leak is comming from the front 3 bolts, behind the oil filter!
Is this the sump gasket that leaking??
Looks like a HUGE job to sort out, but its making an awfull mess of my drive. I have seen a thing called "STOP IT ENGINE LEAKS" made by "Greased Lightning" that is uppposed to stop the oil leak. I know some people that have used it and its supposed to be great????????????
If anyone else has the same leak or knows how to fix it (or how dooable a job it is) please let me know! Im planning on pouring in some of the leak stop stuff to see what happens...........fingers crossed!
Alastair.
Is this the sump gasket that leaking??
Looks like a HUGE job to sort out, but its making an awfull mess of my drive. I have seen a thing called "STOP IT ENGINE LEAKS" made by "Greased Lightning" that is uppposed to stop the oil leak. I know some people that have used it and its supposed to be great????????????
If anyone else has the same leak or knows how to fix it (or how dooable a job it is) please let me know! Im planning on pouring in some of the leak stop stuff to see what happens...........fingers crossed!
Alastair.