Oil leak diagnosis.....

[ImysE30]

Going to pick up a new car and it's got an oil leak. Leaves a puddle when parked up.

Below is a pic of where it's leaking from. Any ideas on what could be causing the leak?

[Morat]

Erm, I"m not sure but is that the slot than Brian refers to in THIS thread?

If so, is she losing clutch fluid?

[ImysE30]

It could be that, looks a similar place to where it's leaking from.

I haven't collected the car yet so can't check but have asked the seller to check it.

Cheers

[Brianmoooore]

Clutch fluid if you're lucky; engine oil if you're not, or even gearbox oil if you're one of these people who are a walking disaster area. Taste will identify which it is.

[gromgsxr]

In one of the picks it looks like engine oil my car used to drip there it was a sump gasket pita to change

[ImysE30]

If it's engine oil, are we taking £££ to sort it? Or even gearbox oil?

How would you go about finding where the leak is from, engine/gearbox out?

[Brianmoooore]

If it's engine oil, it's probably a failed sump gasket, or just possibly the rear crank seal. I'd much rather change a clutch slave cylinder than a M20 sump gasket! Not expensive in parts, just a pita to do, as gromgsxr has said.

[ImysE30]

Okay thanks for the replies, i'll have a closer look when I pick up the car.

No chance of me changing the gasket then. I'll probably get a garage or a Zone hero to change it if that's the issue.

1 to 2 hour job?

[Laher]

This is weird, sorry for hijacking a thread again. But I think mine is leaking from exactly the same place

[gromgsxr]

Get the car up and remove bit that bolts round the back of the sump to the gearbox for a better look, first time I did a sump gasket was about 4 hrs on my back stairing up and swearing how to get the sump off. There a how to on the wiki if I had read that first would have helped, good luck

[Grrrmachine]

There a how to on the wiki

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... ump_Gasket

Without air tools, it must be about two hours just to get all the bolts off.