Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 10:56:33 +0100 From: "BT" <Microarraynopsamternet.com> Subject: Re: Annoying (and worrying) oil Leak - '91 9000
My own car has a leak also from the timing chain end. The timing cover actually has a hairline crack right at the top, where one of the bolts goes in to the underside of the cylinder head. The only way to see this is to take the wing undersheet off, which is a ten minute job. Once off you really need to degrease/jetwash the end of the engine down and then run it to look for the source. If it is such a crack on yours, I reduced the problem greatly by degreasing the area around the crack and applying some high temperature epoxy resin. It has not solved it but it has made a dramatic improvement. The other thing it could be is the seal behind the crankshaft pully. Either way, you have an oil level warning light so you dont need to worry about any damage to the engine. My previous car had an oil leak from around the oil level sensor as described by someone else. <ralt33nopsamail.com> wrote in message news:3ae81f17.351628573nopsam.gte.net... > Where is the leak? If it is on the front side of the motor near the > timing components it could be seals. Very common the o-ring behind > the oil sensor becomes hard and brittle hence no longer retains the > oil. Very simple and cheap to fix especially with your next oil > service. The o-ring from the dealer was less than $1.50 and it took > less than 15 minutes to replace in the driveway including draining the > oil. > > On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:02:09 +0100, "Mark Byrne" > <mark_byrnenopsampower.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > > >Hi > >Wondering if anyone can give me ( enthusiastic but non mechanical ) any > >pointers to tracking down an unsightly and worrying oil leak on a 91 > >9000CDi, It's done about 120000 miles and been regularly serviced. I have > >started to notice a LOUDish ticking sound from the engine on cold starts > >(well cold for England) which does go away one the engine is warm. > >The leak at the moment is not a bad one, judging from the slick on my > >driveway, but I would rather send time (money) now than face a huge problem > >later on. > > > >My biggest concern is that the leak will get worse and that it might damage > >the engine itself. > > > >Any help would be appreciated. > > > >Mark > > > > >