Lifter clean/replacemernt and oil leak.

[Matchless]

Oil leak..
If the oil is sitting around the sump flange at the front it could be coming from the crankshaft oil seal rather than running down from above.
If you clean and degrease the area you should be able to see where it is coming from. If its not obvious, try dusting some chalk dust around and run then go for a short run...should see trails in the chalk.

[The Cambelt Kid]

Matchless.... holy sh**********te

That sound like a pig of a job.  The oil does seem to be splashed around the front cambelt cover plate and onto the sump flange.  I really can't see that it's coming from either of the cam seals so the crank oil seal sounds like the one.  Are there any other tell tale signs to a knackered crank seal?

On the other hand:- If the very front of the cam seal, just behind the cam cover plate were to give way, could this dribble down behind the plate and get splashed around the sump?

Cheers
Marc (who wan't to buy my car for free?)

[tunnie]

Matchless.... holy sh**********te

That sound like a pig of a job.  The oil does seem to be splashed around the front cambelt cover plate and onto the sump flange.  I really can't see that it's coming from either of the cam seals so the crank oil seal sounds like the one.  Are there any other tell tale signs to a knackered crank seal?

On the other hand:- If the very front of the cam seal, just behind the cam cover plate were to give way, could this dribble down behind the plate and get splashed around the sump?

Cheers
Marc (who wan't to buy my car for free?)

Good job Nottingham is so close  

[Andy B]

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Cheers
Marc (who wan't to buy my car for free?)

Go on then. It'll be handy for the battery to put on mine!  

[The Cambelt Kid]

LOL...

Just been out in the fer fer freezing cold to investigate this leak.  There is quite a bit of oil around the steering pump housing and more to the left on the sump flange, which runs the whole width of the sump and collects in the channels.  I also noticed that the steering fluid bottle is running quite low on juice, nowhere near the plastic level tester on the cap.  In fact it's so low I am thinking this is the oil I can see on the sump flange....??

As I say the power steering pump, if that's the pump on the bottom right hand corner of the aux belt, seems to have quite a bit of oil around it, so hopefully this is at fault?

I will get some cleaning agents and a few old rags tomorrow so I can clean up the area in question and investigate.

[Kevin Wood]

PAS pump is the upper of the two pulleys on the RHS as you look at the engine, air con being the lower. However, if the PAS pump has been leaking it could have doused the air con compressor in fluid.

Kevin

[The Cambelt Kid]

PAS pump is the upper of the two pulleys on the RHS as you look at the engine, air con being the lower. However, if the PAS pump has been leaking it could have doused the air con compressor in fluid.

Kevin

Ahh that sounds quite likely.  The AC pump is covered in oil leaking from the PAS pump...    I can live with that!

Interestingly there only seems to be oil on the right hand side of the water pump  fly wheel/cam cover, as if the oil was fired left from the PAS pump.  Also as i already mentioned the PAS fluid is quite low, not even touching the plastick dip stick on the lid!

Cheers
Marc