911 2

took the car out the garge today to find an oil patch on the floor, its near the driver side sill, where you would normally drain the oil from, its a uk spec car 1991 3.3 turbo.
Apart from the obvious copperwasher/sump drain plug coming loose are there any other areas around there that can cause a leak.
will get it on a ramp weekend

Andy Roe

It'll probably be either the oil drain plug, or the oil thermostat which is leaking.

Boeing 717

Mine was leaking around the rubber hose fittings, i simply tightend clamps and no more leak.

JERRY

911 2

is it the thermostst hose fittings you tightened, i dont know how its set up as i have never looked at it or seen a pic
will the thermostat need replacing

paul_23

Mine did the same and it was not the thermostat. Inside the front part of the left hand rear wheel arch there are oil hoses from the engine bay to the thermostat and on my car these were leaking. You access them by removing the plastic cladding underneath and around the wheel arch to tighten the clips or replace the hoses. Check all the hoses first before considering replacing the thermostat.

Cheers