j
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First off sorry about the crap photos, best i can do at the moment. They are taken from the front, underneath of the car. Any idea why its black and leaking oil? Suggestions on how to resolve??
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Warren G
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sump gasket or leaking down from the oil filter maybe?
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Rob_Lee
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Better pics would help but i'd say same as warren. Sump.
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j
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Only other picture i can get at the moment
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TheCam
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defo looks like the sump mate... can you see oil leaking from higher up the engine from lookin in the engine bay?
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j
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Yep, i cleaned it off the other day thought it might just be old crap on there, but oil does seem to be leaking out just from looking under the bonnet. What needs to be done to sort it, havnt got a clue??? Cheers
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TheCam
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sorry i dont understand... if you open the bonnet and look in from the top can you see an oil leak from there or do you have to go under the car?
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j
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Both, but only slight leaking if you look under the bonnet
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DannyParker
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ive got a little leak as well on my 98 Corsa Sport 1.4. Seems to be only a small leak. When i bought the car it was bone dry so i put a litre of oil in and it seemed to go through it within about 3 weeks and on my road theres little little patches of oil. When I looked after stopppin a couple of drips really.
When i look from the top of the car witht he bonnet open i can see the leak there.
Think its the rocker cover gasket, just havent a clue where to buy them from, I know there not that expensive.
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j
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Pic doesnt really help, but oil seems to be coming through where the top and botton bit join if you know what i mean
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Jenko_Sport
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New rocker cover gasket is needed
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j
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Will that sort the lea kfrom under the car aswell mate?
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TheCam
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j - get pics of the engine bay if you can.
DannyParker - The rocker cover gasket is easy to do.... you can get a new gasket from any auto parts place in your area.
It will just be torx bolts on the top, undo the take the complete rocker cover off, you will see your camshafts. the gasket may be stuck onto the underside of the rocker cover as it gets hard and brittle. it was on mine.. I used a flat screwdriver to get the old gasket off... clean it up with a rag then put the new gasket on and clean up the top of the cylinder head then put the rocker cover back on and redo the torx bolts...
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TheCam
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quote:
Originally posted by Jenko_Sport
New rocker cover gasket is needed
defo mate and also a sump gasket by the looks of the first pic
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j
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Ok cheers people, how much is both of them guna set me back roughly?? Still got a few other bits to sort for the MOT, bloody cars lol
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TheCam
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you can do the rocker cover yourslef... both gaskets wont be more than £10 each.. unless you know what your doin take it to a garage to get the sump gasket done as you may have to take part of/all of the exhaust off to do it
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Jenko_Sport
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Rocker cover gasket will be about £6-8 not much, not sure on the sump gasket but cant see it being much tbh.
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j
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Cheers, will take it to a garage for the sump gasket i think, better safe than sorry. Done well though, iv had it 6 months, its got 111111 on the clock, iv done 11000 miles, never had one problem with it, not one, only failed the MOT on insecure headlights, and cv joint, quite proud of it lol
Thanks for the help guys, gotta love this site, is the people like you that make it what it is really
[Edited on 30-06-2007 by j]
[Edited on 30-06-2007 by j]
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Jenko_Sport
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Sump gaskets are simple just a tad messy
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Vaux Lad
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The sump usually needs a good hammering to remove it ti
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