Help please as i'm pulling what's left of my hair out!!! :x

My FRST has been leaking oil for months now!!

The story goes....................................

After putting my enigine back in over 6 months ago (after a full rebuild) it's done nothing but leak oil. The problem is though that i can't pinpoint where!! If i drive the car around town doing 30-40mph there's not a drop of oil? But as soon as you put your foot down or go on the motorway doing 70+mph oil p*sses out everywhere!

I steamed all the oil off the engine (Cambelt side) as it was everywhere and could not source the leak. Took it out for another spin and pull over to see if i could catch the leak or where it was coming from. But there was oil everywhere again.

It seemed both times that the oil was on the bottom half of the engine, my thought might be that the crankshaft pulley seal?(i had replaced it when the engine was out but i thought i may have ripped it or whatever?).

No joy! after replacing it it still leaked like a trooper. So off came the head to change the head gasket even though the one on it was 6 months old.

No joy! I've check eveywhere for torn or damaged pipe/hoses replaced ones that may have seemed dodgy. still no luck!

After leaving it for a week or so to try and think of something that it might be, i came to find that the oil pressure wasn't up to what it should be? Which baffled me a little bit as the pressures not up but it's forcing it out of somewhere when it's driving?

So took the oil pump off and found it was on it's way, so i replaced it. And took it out for a spin last night and it's still throwing it out!!!!!!!! :x :x

Coming to the end of my rope now! Just wondered if anyone had come across this problem before?????

 

are u defo sure its not coming from the sump gasket , cozz they can be a right nightmare .


Also the crank oils seal as well, at the gearbox end. when u take the fly wheel off its the round one right in front of ya, either its black or orange, thats another classic place where it could come from


good luck fella

 

if you replaced the cam look at the camshaft oil seal the oil can piss out here under load if the the running surface between the cam and the seal knife edge is not glass smooth and it runs down the inside of the cam cover and the goes all over the place and it then looks like the crankshaft oil seal is gone or the sump gasker is leaking.
also the turbo to sump rubber return pipe must have hose clips on it were it connects to the sump and the main turbo drain pipe and also make sure the pipe is on tight and correct without rips.when you give it large it pisses out here also and it give the impression that the sump gasket is leaking.
these two problems caused me a small bit of after a rebuild

 

also the turbo to sump rubber return pipe must have hose clips on it were it connects to the sump and the main turbo drain pipe and also make sure the pipe is on tight and correct without rips.when you give it large it pisses out here also and it give the impression that the sump gasket is leaking.
these two problems caused me a small bit of after a rebuild [/quote]

DOESN'T have this type on a Frst(bolted both ends)!

have you checked the oil light switch????

 

dont what made me think it was an escort rs turbo thanks for the pointer

 

check that the dipstick is in right and not loose my series 1 used to piss out from their when giving it larrys
put a new one in and it was a tight little bugger but never gave me anymore grief
the dipstick holder that was supposed to be where it goes into the block

 

Also on the back of the head, on the far right of the inlet manifold is like a stopper blanking plate thing held on with 2 nuts. I had this problem and and it was leaking from there