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[Skanky]

just spent another 2 hrs under it, this is doing my sweede in  

time to take it to a garage ?

[Markjay]

My way of trying to find the leak on my 2.5 v6 !

I'll start !!

Cam covers ( changed and checked)
Oil filter ( changed and checked)
Drain plug ( checked )


Ive spilt a large box and put it under the engine, so fingers crossed it will give some clue.

tim

...oil pressure switch washer....

Hmmmmmm :-? oil pressure switch ?? where abouts is that ?

MarkJay - That's a good picture... any chance we (me) could see the bigger one??? Plllllllllllease?  

Not sure what you are after exactly, I have a collection of pictures stolen downloaded from the Internet, if you are looking for anything in particular let me know....

[Markjay]

just spent another 2 hrs under it, this is doing my sweede in  

time to take it to a garage ?

Keep looking.... the garage will not find what you didn't find.... the advantage a garage might have is that they know where to look, but the info on this site far accedes the knowledge your local Vx garage posses...

[Skanky]

Mark,

if you could post some pictures of some of the places where leaks are known to come from that would be great. Think the biggest problem is that its been leaking for some time, whay before i have had the car , so the engine is covered in it.

Thanks again

Tim

[TheBoy]

Mark,

if you could post some pictures of some of the places where leaks are known to come from that would be great. Think the biggest problem is that its been leaking for some time, whay before i have had the car , so the engine is covered in it.

Thanks again

Tim

Clean the engine up, makes finding the leak easier

[Skanky]

some pics i have taken, any help really appreciated!!

These were taken after cleaning off all oil from the engine area's that I suspected. I then run the engine for about 20 mins, without moving the car. Left it and returned a few hours later.

This is the engine/gearbox area.

http://s180.photobucket.com/albums/x257/t1mjohnson/?action=view&current=gearbox.jpg

And this is the sump/ aircon where I first noticed the leak. The top lip is coated in oil.

http://s180.photobucket.com/albums/x257/t1mjohnson/?action=view&current=sumparea.jpg


Could the leak be from the back of the engine and move forward ?

[TheBoy]

First pic makes me suspicious of oil filter or the oil pipes nearby, though it could be coming from higher, ie cam gaskets...

[JamesV6CDX]

oil on sump lip?

1) pressure switch
2) Crank seal
3) Oil pump gasket.

Speaking from experience  

[Skanky]

well heres hoping its the pressure switch washer !!
if its the oil pump or crank seal  then she's being sold !

[JamesV6CDX]

well heres hoping its the pressure switch washer !!
if its the oil pump or crank seal  then she's being sold !

Crank seal is easy peasy, with the right crankshaft locking tool    

[Marks DTM Calib]

Upper sump pan to block seal comes before oil pump gasket.

Has it had an oil cooler change because the oil around the back looks like it could be coming from the oil cooler to block joints.....which is not un-heard off if the cooler change is botched by bending the pipes....trying tightening them up.

I assume the half moons on the cam cover seals are in place at the back of the passenger side bank.

[Skanky]

take it you have to remove the cam belt, cam sprocket etc?

[JamesV6CDX]

take it you have to remove the cam belt, cam sprocket etc?

Oh yes !

I agree with Mark about the upper sump gasket - I missed that one off...

[Skanky]

Upper sump pan to block seal comes before oil pump gasket.

Has it had an oil cooler change because the oil around the back looks like it could be coming from the oil cooler to block joints.....which is not un-heard off if the cooler change is botched by bending the pipes....trying tightening them up.

I assume the half moons on the cam cover seals are in place at the back of the passenger side bank.

Yeah a mate and I did the cam seals 2 weeks back and made sure it was nice and sealed correctly. Not sure if the oil cooler has been changed, but im getting no symtoms of a oil cooler leak, And when we changed the cam cover seals we had a good look around the oil cooler.

[Skanky]

LOL flicking though my haynes manual, all these possible leaks are getting very daunting !!!