crazybri

Hi,

I have suddenly developed an oil leak, i was out in my car last night and giving it a bit of stick, but nomore than i usually do.

I have had a quick look tonight under the car and noticed a wet patch towards the back of the engine bay. i recently had a service (last week) and thought that might be the problem, but i since found this......

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e21/bhickey/oil.jpg

have a closer look and tell me if that could be the cause...

Could the nut on the top of the hose just work loose? if so, can i just simply tighten it to see if it stops?

Cheers,

Bri

criscoob

i think you should be ok giving it a go but dont go too mad tho, if it feels tight already then id say leave it as i wouldnt of thought that it would be touched in a service

RON

Nipping it up may work, dunno why it would have come lose though.... maybe the washer (copper) had mysteriously split or something...?

crazybri

very strange! i hate cars!

im going to be replacing the TD04 for something like a vf35 very shortly so may just keep an eye on the oil level until i change it....

RON

Gotta be worth checking it with a spanner at the very least, just in case it's really lose, after-all, you don't want it falling out and losing the oil pressure on the whole engine..... you'd be replacing more than just the turbo if that happened....!!!

crazybri

gud point! lol

cheers.