thetroublemaker

when my car is driven for more than about 20 miles - i.e. a motorway journey it develops a slight oil leak onto the exhaust.

which obviously stinks somewhat.

no overnight drips and its only a small amount. any ideas please?

dij

It could be rocker cover leaking,or turbo pipe.

What MY is your car?

The MY99> have a sensitive MAF that dosent seem to like anything apart from errr.....being changed for A new one.

thetroublemaker

alas i am but a mere 1800 non turbo - so i would assume the turbo pipe is unlikely

Butty

iTrader: (2)

And is it a peculiar cat pi$$ stink? If so then it is the gearbox oil rather than engine oil - narrowing down the search.
Another one to look for is grease leaking from the driveshaft boot above the exhaust.

Nick

Falkirk.scoob

what about power steering fluid? my pump is away getting reconned the now have heard its quite common on em

theotherphil

I had the exact same problem recently and it turned out to be a dodgy seal on the oil filter which no amount of tightening would fix. I took the opportunity to do an oil and filter change which solved the problem .