oil leak

monty1 · 11th May 2017, 13:41

well mrs monty spotted oil under the car yesterday, so this morning time to take a look, it was around the centre jacking point and wasnt a great deal, so i jacked it up using the centre jacking point and this is so much easier (2.5 tonne high lift trolly jack) than using the sill jacking points, off with the under tray and found it pretty much straight away.

the leak was from the oil cooler return line where the stainless pipe connects to the rubber pipe, so tightend the double jubilee clip and bobs ya uncle and fannys your aunty, no more leak

i know some folk think using the centre jacking point isnt too safe but i found it so much better, just make sure the back wheels are well chocked and the hand brakes on

monty1 · 11th May 2017, 19:17

heres a pic of the pipe that was leaking

COLVERT · 11th May 2017, 20:46

Interesting. And I've never seen a double jubilee clip like that before.---

monty1 · 12th May 2017, 04:59

i havent, theres a few of them on the oil cooler system

Mike Noc · 12th May 2017, 07:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by COLVERT

Interesting. And I've never seen a double jubilee clip like that before.---

Done that in the past John when I haven't had a jubilee clip big enough for the job.

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11th May 2017, 13:41	#1
monty1 Avid contributor mg zt-t deisel Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Middlesbrough Posts: 238 Thanks: 70 Thanked 42 Times in 34 Posts	oil leak well mrs monty spotted oil under the car yesterday, so this morning time to take a look, it was around the centre jacking point and wasnt a great deal, so i jacked it up using the centre jacking point and this is so much easier (2.5 tonne high lift trolly jack) than using the sill jacking points, off with the under tray and found it pretty much straight away. the leak was from the oil cooler return line where the stainless pipe connects to the rubber pipe, so tightend the double jubilee clip and bobs ya uncle and fannys your aunty, no more leak i know some folk think using the centre jacking point isnt too safe but i found it so much better, just make sure the back wheels are well chocked and the hand brakes on __________________ This vehicle was the 3,275th ZT-T to run off the production line, out of 8,249 This vehicle was the 222nd ZT-T CDTi + (115) to be made out of 522 This vehicle was the 259th ZT-T in Le Mans green (code: HPD) to be made out of 440 Le Mans green ZT-Ts

11th May 2017, 19:17	#2
monty1 Avid contributor mg zt-t deisel Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Middlesbrough Posts: 238 Thanks: 70 Thanked 42 Times in 34 Posts	heres a pic of the pipe that was leaking __________________ This vehicle was the 3,275th ZT-T to run off the production line, out of 8,249 This vehicle was the 222nd ZT-T CDTi + (115) to be made out of 522 This vehicle was the 259th ZT-T in Le Mans green (code: HPD) to be made out of 440 Le Mans green ZT-Ts

12th May 2017, 04:59	#4
monty1 Avid contributor mg zt-t deisel Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Middlesbrough Posts: 238 Thanks: 70 Thanked 42 Times in 34 Posts	i havent, theres a few of them on the oil cooler system __________________ This vehicle was the 3,275th ZT-T to run off the production line, out of 8,249 This vehicle was the 222nd ZT-T CDTi + (115) to be made out of 522 This vehicle was the 259th ZT-T in Le Mans green (code: HPD) to be made out of 440 Le Mans green ZT-Ts

11th May 2017, 20:46	#3
COLVERT This is my second home R75 Saloon. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: France/or Devon. Posts: 14,003 Thanks: 3,851 Thanked 2,167 Times in 1,816 Posts	Interesting. And I've never seen a double jubilee clip like that before.---