yet again its decided to give me a bit stick with another oil leak.
this time its coming some where from the right hand side, its lightly sprayed oil over the bottom of the plenum,the oil is clean if that is any help.
Also leak number 2 is coming between the back of the engine where the gear box mounts to the back of the block,im about 80% sure this is not the rocker cover as i just replaced it along with the head gasket but did not want to take the gear box out to change the rear oil seal if there could be something else causing it making it.
Not sure if the 2 leaks are related but its really anoying.
May be me being thick but on the bailey oil breather 4 pipes are conected but the larger one(at the bottom) is not conected to anything as i inspected this and there seams to be slight oil around this so was wondering is this part of the problem.
Thanks in advance!!!

 

Mine has a leak at the rear of the engine where you mention. I've been told its the rear crankshaft oil seal. As you say its a gearbox out job.

 

They all have leaks, I've give up trying to fix them

 

as above - its a primitive form of low oil level warning - when the leaks stop - you have run out of oil.

 

Old VW's dont leak old they mark their spot.

Same can be said of cossies

Give up, sell it before it costs you any more!

 

What gasket did you use for the rocker cover ?? My Friend had a similar prob with his,
he was usinig a standard rocker cover gasket, we realised the rocker cover was a lil
warped, so used a cometic gasket as it thicker.

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lol, like my mate says, its when they stop leaking oil you should worrie!!!!!

but about the rocker gasket,i used a guniune ford one and found it to be crap, so using a cometic one now,seems to have solved that problem, as you all say it seams to be the norm with these cars, just pisses me off as had the driveway blocked paved and i have to put the escos on the road if it needs washing or hovering, she has already put a cupple of oil spots on it just from moving it out of the garage or bringing back in from a drive.

 

check the oil pressure switch mate cant remember which side its on but on my cossie it poured out of it good luck

 

 

nice one lads, going to have another look tomorrow.

 

mines bin leaking i coldnt find it so the engines out and im going to replace every gasket and seal on the engine

 

The oil switch is on the passenger side.Mine started to leak/piss out from the switch.I had to take the starter off to get at it.

 

surely if there is an open outlet on the breather then oil will come out of there?

 

The Bailey breather does have a vent to atmos. The condensed oil should drain back to the sump so I thought via one of the pipes. Maybe the return is blocked so the tank is filling up.