oil leak and bad news. doh

[mimjed 0]

went to have the exhaust inspected today as its sounding tinny as fook. bloke said initially he could fix it by resealing it.

 

fair enough, let him go for it.

 

asked if it was ok to have a butchers under it and he said help yourself.

 

spotted this....

 

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coming from up near four branch

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im thinking rocker cover gasket, but anything i should be aware of/looking at?

 

then after the chap is finished, start the car and it sounds the same. doh. middle box is about dead.

 

and to top it of its spent the rest of the day raining so couldnt do anything engine related.

 

the old girl aint going stanford hall :(

[volksworld13 0]

could be coming from a number of places, i personally would clean or wash the area, with brake cleaner or something and run the car up inspecting for leaks,

 

looking at that ,it looks like engine oil,

 

so possibly -

rear main oil seal

sump

headgasket

cam cover gasket.

 

clean and recheck for the leak .

[mimjed 0]

tis indeed engine oil. and coming from higher up than where the exhaust manifold bolts on.

 

so im pretty happy its not the sump.

 

where does the rear main seal sit then?

 

in laymans terms if you look at the back of the engine its coming from the top left - no more than two inches in

[volksworld13 0]

the rear main seal is ine behind the flywheel, gearbox out job, if its higher poss headgasket ,cam cover, doesnt look like a massive leak though.

[mimjed 0]

def higher than that thankfully.

 

compression is good and not losing alot of oil.

 

hopefully if its not bloody raining tomorrow ill change the rocker cover gasket and give it a good scrub down.

 

cheers for reply :D