Help, major oil leak
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Racer
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From: The Netherlands, Zwolle
Help, major oil leak
Got a little problem with my car yesterday.
I came out of a corner at the RDW test track at 120km/h and hit kickdown. The car shifted down and suddenly a huge black/grey cloud of smoke was behind me. The smoke even came through the open windows. I immediately pulled over and shut down the engine. There was an oil track behind me and a puddle of oil of about 50cm formed under the engine.
So I was hoping I could get some advice? I wanted to look under the car, clean it up and try to find what it is. If I can't find it, then I wanted to put new oil in it and start the engine to see where its leaking. Good plan?
Thanks
I came out of a corner at the RDW test track at 120km/h and hit kickdown. The car shifted down and suddenly a huge black/grey cloud of smoke was behind me. The smoke even came through the open windows. I immediately pulled over and shut down the engine. There was an oil track behind me and a puddle of oil of about 50cm formed under the engine.
So I was hoping I could get some advice? I wanted to look under the car, clean it up and try to find what it is. If I can't find it, then I wanted to put new oil in it and start the engine to see where its leaking. Good plan?
Thanks
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Racer
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: The Netherlands, Zwolle
hi there, thanks for all the replies.
I am going to look at it this Tuesday with a friend of mine.
That drawing is real helpful, there are a lot of places on that drawing were oil comes through
I had a look at the powersteering fluid and coolant fluid. Both look normal and are at normal level. I also noticed a 'check oil' message in red on the dashboard.
I am going to look at it this Tuesday with a friend of mine.
That drawing is real helpful, there are a lot of places on that drawing were oil comes through
I had a look at the powersteering fluid and coolant fluid. Both look normal and are at normal level. I also noticed a 'check oil' message in red on the dashboard.
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Loose sump bolts with accompanying leaks are not unusual, and you wouldn't normally expect a sudden dump of oil; it would be more likely to get worse over time until you have a wide oil stripe under your car and lots of drip points.
Even if that leak is bad, don't assume that's the only problem ... keep checking. Have you checked the cooler lines yet?
Any oil coming from high up on either side at the junction of the cam box with the head? ... the gaskets there can blow out when you're flogging the motor, and the cam boxes are full of oil, and give a massive leak.
Even if that leak is bad, don't assume that's the only problem ... keep checking. Have you checked the cooler lines yet?
Any oil coming from high up on either side at the junction of the cam box with the head? ... the gaskets there can blow out when you're flogging the motor, and the cam boxes are full of oil, and give a massive leak.
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Racer
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hi guys, it's my inter cooler lines after all! We started the engine for 2 seconds after tightening the oil pan's 30 bolts (managed to reach 28 orso) and splash a new little oil pool under the car. The top oil hose of the two intercooler lines has a leak. It's like a nice booming oil spring coming out of it.
So, time to order a new one and continue this adventure later.
So, time to order a new one and continue this adventure later.
Last edited by concor; Jun 19, 2012 at 02:20 PM.
Burning Brakes
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Real bummer, is the line easy to get-to / replace?
Love the youtube videos :-)
What where you doing at the RDW test-track? Modifications you needed to approve?
Groeten uit Nederland ;-)
Love the youtube videos :-)
What where you doing at the RDW test-track? Modifications you needed to approve?
Groeten uit Nederland ;-)
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hi guys, it's my inter cooler lines after all! We started the engine for 2 seconds after tightening the oil pan's 30 bolts (managed to reach 28 orso) and splash a new little oil pool under the car. The top oil hose of the two intercooler lines has a leak. It's like a nice booming oil spring coming out of it.
So, time to order a new one and continue this adventure later.
So, time to order a new one and continue this adventure later.
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I replaced mine with rebuilds a few years ago now, and when I checked (later) the price of genuine hoses, there was very little saving, if any. Definitely should have gone genuine, seeing as the rebuilder added a few mm for good measure, which produced kinks, and I had to have them redone...
jp 83 Euro S AT 54k
jp 83 Euro S AT 54k