Bollox, Found the leak from scary hole.

[vrooom]

hiya. so i decided to find the source of oil leak which has been pissing oil, every time i stopped my car.

So i took pictures of the source of the leak.

It apparently holed in my block, which hold the bolt to hold the gear box, the oil leak came from there.

excuse me, pic is rather large.

[img]www.jay.copperstream.co.uk/holeblock.jpg[/img]
[img]www.jay.copperstream.co.uk/holeblock2.jpg[/img]
see yellow circle? its hole where the bolt hold the gearbox, and the oil leaks from there.

So i have no idea if its normal hole there or what?

If its normal, how can i stop the leak

Jay

[Mr2Mike]

What you are refering to is simply the threaded hole for one of the numerous bolts that holds to gearbox to the sump. The bolt is inserted from the gearbox side of the hole, i.e. it's upside down. If the bolt is missing, this could potentialy cause an oil leak.

The fact that you have a fair bit of oil above this hole would tend to suggest another cause. A favorite is the rocker cover gasket which has either been fitted incorrectly or have hardened through age. Oil can alo be blown out of the dipstick tube if the rubber seal on the dipstick isn't in good shape, especialy if the engine is worn and breathes heavily.

Check the oil pressure switch also, I've had a couple of these leak, not from the threads but from the body of the switch.

[vrooom]

Ohhh thank god. i tighten everything up. The leak stop from that hole. the pressure switch now leaks hehe, from body of the switch like you said.

shall i renew oil pressure valve?

i hear there is ball bearing mod to the oil pressure valve.

Thanks

Jay