Oil From Somewhere?

[205*31* 0]

Hi I have noticed at the back of my block there is alittle puddle of oil building up, I have wiped it once but it is obviously still leaking from somewhere and I think its falling onto driveshaft as have noticed oil here too. Here is a picture of where the oil is going have circled it in red where the small puddle of oil is, Could it be coming from the distributor? its pretty much directly under here but the dizzy doesn't feel oily?

 

any help thanks.

[Anthony 1,003]

Best bet is probably to clean up the whole area and then it should be much more obvious where the oil is coming from.

 

At the moment, it looks so oily and grimey that you can't see what's fresh and what has been there for months/years.

[205*31* 0]

Best bet is probably to clean up the whole area and then it should be much more obvious where the oil is coming from.

 

At the moment, it looks so oily and grimey that you can't see what's fresh and what has been there for months/years.

 

really difficult area to get to though to be honest

[Baz 421]

Not with degreaser and a steam cleaner it isn't...

 

 

Common leaks for oil to end up there are distributor O-ring, Crankshaft main seal...

 

Tbh could be from a number of places really, hot oil spreads like wild-fire.

[205*31* 0]

Not with degreaser and a steam cleaner it isn't...

 

 

Common leaks for oil to end up there are distributor O-ring, Crankshaft main seal...

 

Tbh could be from a number of places really, hot oil spreads like wild-fire.

 

Hi Baz cheers for reply I am no pro mechanic by any means but isn't crankshaft other side this is more towards gearbox side.

[S@m 156]

Hi Baz cheers for reply I am no pro mechanic by any means but isn't crankshaft other side this is more towards gearbox side.

 

The crank has a seal at either end. A small one on the timing side and a large one on the gearbox side, behind the flywheel.

 

Sam

[205*31* 0]

The crank has a seal at either end. A small one on the timing side and a large one on the gearbox side, behind the flywheel.

 

Sam

 

Oh thanks for clearing that up sam my apologies baz

[205*31* 0]

is it hard to replace the dizzy seal?

 

I remember once taking the dizzy of and couldn't get it back on for ages and when I did it was really slow and misfiring like a good un

[steve@cornwall 100]

I wouldn't be surprised to find you were missing the lower dizzy fixing nut.

[Baz 421]

The dizzy just has an O-ring seal, fairly simple to replace. Mark where it currently is, remove two 11mm retaining nuts, remove dizzy, replace O-ring, re-fit dizzy in the same spot as you marked.

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

I wouldn't be surprised to find you were missing the lower dizzy fixing nut.

 

I would, as I put it back there about 10 days ago

[205*31* 0]

The dizzy just has an O-ring seal, fairly simple to replace. Mark where it currently is, remove two 11mm retaining nuts, remove dizzy, replace O-ring, re-fit dizzy in the same spot as you marked.

 

cheers baz i think I will give it ago

[205*31* 0]

Well I replaced the o-ring in dizzy today cleaned up all the oil from around of that gearbox so see how it goes the seal was very hard but wasn't split or anything will see how it goes.

 

I have read that it could be a leak from the camshaft end cap or something, anyone tell me if this is a hard job to fix?

 

cheers.