Thread: Engine oil pouring out!! (fixed)

Had the same on mine while i was halfway up a steep track just on dark miles from no where, i also found the little brass plugs on the same side of the block loose as well.

What grass plugs? on the oil lines? or something else?
I am just worrying and need to check again, so please let me know what it is.

Lucky I was in the city, but I wanted to actually buy one of those Little back boxes to help diagnose when something is wrong.
JC550 - Little Black Box Ems Ii Montoring System

Either that, or install several gauges like water temp and oil pressure, but this Little Box comes with sound alarms already which will be helpful.

Originally Posted by mogindo

What grass plugs? on the oil lines? or something else?
I am just worrying and need to check again, so please let me know what it is.

Lucky I was in the city, but I wanted to actually buy one of those Little back boxes to help diagnose when something is wrong.
JC550 - Little Black Box Ems Ii Montoring System

Either that, or install several gauges like water temp and oil pressure, but this Little Box comes with sound alarms already which will be helpful.

Brass plugs that run along what i think is an oil gallery in the block just below the vacuum pump, they also leak oil if loose.

Same thing happened to me a week ago. Probably the same cause. Changed the timing belt a few months back. the oil cooler line was hand loose. got to work and tightened it up. how can it work itself loose after a small thing like changing a timing belt. You would think it would have happened within the first week not months later.

Well, I am going to have a talk with my mechanic.
I think when changing timing belt they took the radiator and everything else out so they can access the front of the engine. If you do that, you would have to take the oil cooler out also, and easiest way I think is to unscrew the fittings in question here. So that's my diagnosis.

Sorry no need to take the oil cooler hose,s off for the T/Belt , Well i did,nt when i did my belt and a mates belt also

Originally Posted by rangieman

Sorry no need to take the oil cooler hose,s off for the T/Belt , Well i did,nt when i did my belt and a mates belt also

But you need to remove the radiator assembly in order to access to the front of the engine where the timing belt is, correct?

So in that process you need to remove the oil cooler and that would mean disconnect the oil pipes from the oil cooler to the engine.
There are two ways of doing that, disconnecting pipes at the engine (leak location) or at the oil cooler (which is difficult.) I think my mechanic disconnected pipes at the engine and never tighten them.

This is from DIFFLOCK manual for timing belt change:
"The combined Oil Cooler/Radiator/Intercooler Assembly is held on to the vehicle .......Gently lift out the Assembly being careful to keep the matrix clear of snags....Store the Oil Cooler/Radiator/Intercooler assembly carefully ...!"

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/good-oil/4...ming-belt.html

Had the same thing on my D1. They just come loose by themselves.
From memory when I did my timing belt I removed the hoses from the radiator itself - not at the oil filter end. Mine leaked about 2 years after the timing belt was changed, so not related as far as I'm concerned.

Mention it to your mechanic by all means. If they were removed at the oil filter end then fair enough they should have been tightened back up properly - but just be aware he may not have touched them and it could be pure coincidence that they've started leaking soon after.

Steve