Oil leaking problem in my Tuscan Speed 6

[jkyle69]

I have noticed my Tuscan is leaking oil as there are spots on my driveway. I have taken a look under the car and there is a large amount of oil all over the bottom of the engine area and across the metal plate under then engine. Any ideas what the problem could be?
I also have a bloody annoying ticking noise coming from around the back of the engine - right around the drivers side at the back of the bonnet - gets louder as the revs go up.

Any help appreciated

Best Regards

John

[whitey]

er.....do not drive it and get it recovered to a dealers ASAP....

good luck,
Whitey

[jkyle69]

I have been onto a dealer and they have said that the oil leak is most likely a knackered oil sensor somewhere under the wing and this will cause the oil to leak out and collect at the bottom of the engine. Sound right or possibly crap?

[horse1000]

What doubly bad luck - first your fiance's Tuscan gets sick and now yours is too - must be catching. What's it like having two Tuscans on the driveway?

[jkyle69]

No its the same bloody car (to add insult to injury) with 2 tedious (and obviously) problems. For an extra kick in the testicles my BMW 3.0 CSL doesn't want to start either. I have decided to by a pair of roller skates and some rockets to stick up my arse to help me get around town now. The Tuscan (my fiances car) is starting to turn into an expensive looking ornament.

[infinity]

I am no engine-expert, but I don't like "most likely" diagnosis. What happens if the "most-likely"-man is wrong??? Will he pay your rebuild? No, he won't. So let it be checked properly to avoid any worse. If he is right exchange the sensor or fix it otherwise, if he is wrong it might save you from much worse.

[jamster]

jkyle69 said:

I have been onto a dealer and they have said that the oil leak is most likely a knackered oil sensor somewhere under the wing and this will cause the oil to leak out and collect at the bottom of the engine. Sound right or possibly crap?

Mine went to. Exactly the same symptoms. It's a t-piece valve to allow the oil sensor to register on your dash board.

45 mins to change and 12 quid for the sensor. So that'll be about 90quid all in or your warranty will cover this.

[scotty2dogs]

I've got the same problem and have been told by my local TVR dealer that over 20 of their customers are in front of me in the queue. Have been told that I can still drive it but not to park it anywhere where an oil stain isn't going to cause me any problems and to keep an eye on the oil levels!!!!!!
TVR and after sales service = non existent

[jkyle69]

Wouldn't drive it in case it gets worse - if the dealer has said you can still drive the car then get this down in writing in case you need to make a warranty claim and the try and say you were neglegent in looking after your vehicle. Also get a quote or troubleshooting report in writing from the dealer before during and after they do any work on the car - make sure it is all on headed notepaper etc. Dont accept any advice from anybody over the telephone only in writing before you do anything - this includes the manufacturer.

[sc00by57]

i had a leak a few weeks back and it turned out to be the braided oil line from the oil pressure switch! £25 oil line from gatwick tvr and an hour later I fixed it!

[Chim450]

I had a similar thing, it turned out to be the oil pressure sensor. I had a new one fitted, no further leaks, but oil pressure now reads low and oil warning light comes on when revving over 5500 RPM. Apparently the factory have run out of sensors, I have been waiting 2 months for one to arrive.

[jkyle69]

I guess they must have stopped producing vauxhall nova oil sensors then or whatever other junk they glued in.

[Bob the Planner]

Chim450 said:

I had a similar thing, it turned out to be the oil pressure sensor. I had a new one fitted, no further leaks, but oil pressure now reads low and oil warning light comes on when revving over 5500 RPM. Apparently the factory have run out of sensors, I have been waiting 2 months for one to arrive.

My first oil pressure sender developed a leak and was replace. The second one acted up and gave low pressure readings and the third one leaked (again). I'm now on my 4th sender in 12k miles and waiting to see what this one does !

I don't like the sound of the oil pressure light coming on as this is a different sensor IIRC.

Bob

[scotty2dogs]

just spoke to a dealer who has advised me that the last batch TVR made were not calibrated correctly and as a result didn't work (not for long anyway!!)
Factory have been next to useless in getting this sorted--currently one dealer in Essex has 20 customers waiting-I've just telephoned another 3 dealers all of which have customers who are car less at the minute-unfrigginbelievable--
My car is being repaired by a non-TVR dealer who telephoned the factory and when asked about the other options was told in no uncertain terms that as he isn't an authorised dealer he would not be entitled to any information regarding how the fault could be mended/how long the wait is/in short the dealer couldn't be bothered about MY predicament. When this is sorted the car is going-I've had it

[Chim450]

Bob the Planner said:

I don't like the sound of the oil pressure light coming on as this is a different sensor IIRC. Bob

I got the dealer to thoroughly check the car when this started happening. Apparently the ECU gives the warning light when the pressure reading is lower than expected for the number of revs the engine is making, or something like that. The car still pulls like a train, but I must admit I don't like seeing that light come on so I have not been caning it as much as usual.

[mickrw]

Great thing about this site is it's so comforting to find that other people have similar problems! I also had an oil leak, it aslo was diagnosed as oil sensor, it was replaced and now it also reads much lower than the original!

Guess I now need to wait for it to stop working.

Mick

[jkyle69]

My car is being repaired by a non-TVR dealer who telephoned the factory and when asked about the other options was told in no uncertain terms that as he isn't an authorised dealer he would not be entitled to any information regarding how the fault could be mended/how long the wait is/in short the dealer couldn't be bothered about MY predicament.

?????

I thought that was illegal - haven't a few car manufacturers been through the wringer about this kind of cartel based price fixing before - wasn't it VW got slammed by the EU?

TVR - total vehicular ripoff, never mind trevor

[basil brush]

Well to put the other side, mine was leaking oil when it went in for service a couple of months ago. The factory swapped the sensor and it's been fine, along with the pressure reading, since. I'm sorry you are all having problems but bear in mind it isn't always like that.

[jkyle69]

But looking at the failure rate on the engines, I would say it is unusual not to have problems and usual to have problems

[basil brush]

jkyle69 said:

But looking at the failure rate on the engines, I would say it is unusual not to have problems and usual to have problems

Sorry I meant problems getting stuff fixed, not problems themselves, if you see what I mean.