Another oil leak spotted 1.8 turbo

onefortheroad · 17th June 2013, 20:59

I have just spotted a oil leak which has appeared on the bottom part of the engine behind the turbo and to the right hand side of the oil filter on my 1.8 turbo. Any ideas to what this could be please? I plan to have a good look tomorrow but just wondered what it could be.
Cheers OFTR

MG Tom · 17th June 2013, 21:05

How low down is it? Could be external head gasket oil leak, sump gasket, turbo oil feed, rear crankshaft oil seal, clutch slave leaking, all sorts!

Try and find the highest place it is leaking from. It might be helpful to clean the area and try and trace it when it starts again.

Good luck with it and let us know how you get on.

onefortheroad · 19th June 2013, 16:36

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Originally Posted by MG Tom

How low down is it? Could be external head gasket oil leak, sump gasket, turbo oil feed, rear crankshaft oil seal, clutch slave leaking, all sorts!

Try and find the highest place it is leaking from. It might be helpful to clean the area and try and trace it when it starts again.

Good luck with it and let us know how you get on.

Yes it looks like all those with the amount of oil i've cleaned off that flipping sump and lower engine!!

Anyway I think the the main leak is coming from the cambelt area, which I think is the cam seal???(Is this an expensive job??).
And the other main one seems to be below the manifold to the right hand side of the the oil filter.

MG Tom · 19th June 2013, 21:18

Pop the upper cambelt cover off and have a look. It's quite common for the camshaft oil seals to fail. Not a massive job but the cambelt has to come off so you might as well change it. Perfectly DIYable too if you are confident with the spanners

onefortheroad · 20th June 2013, 07:25

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Originally Posted by MG Tom

Pop the upper cambelt cover off and have a look. It's quite common for the camshaft oil seals to fail. Not a massive job but the cambelt has to come off so you might as well change it. Perfectly DIYable too if you are confident with the spanners

I would love a go at doing the seal myself, I'll take a look at the old Haynes manual, and see if I can pluck up the courage.

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MG Tom Posted a thing or two ex. MG ZT+ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Northampton-ish Posts: 1,484 Thanks: 156 Thanked 98 Times in 95 Posts	Pop the upper cambelt cover off and have a look. It's quite common for the camshaft oil seals to fail. Not a massive job but the cambelt has to come off so you might as well change it. Perfectly DIYable too if you are confident with the spanners __________________ '03 MG ZT+ 1.8T X-Power Grey with Monogram 'WTD' black alcantara trim. [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] My project thread HERE