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Oil Leak

Marcussuper7

Marcussuper7

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My 944S seems to have an oil leaktowards the right front of the engine bay. This is right below the oil filter and PAS resevoir. Are there any common leaks in this area? There seems to be oil and power steering fluid there.

No Oil seems to be dripping just when under pressure. Any thoughts?


 
The front drivers side corner of the sump/block joint is a common source of leaks as is the weeping etc of the power steering pipes from the reservoir.
 
hi you will find its a power steering fluid pipe..it did this on my dads a few months ago..new pipe and clips..job done...hope it is for you..cheers carl
 
Yeah same thing here, the pipe for the power steering had corroded, its a bloody great snake of a thing, apparently to cool the fluid down in hotter climates. You don't really need all the piping, just snip out the bad bit and put a replacement in.
 
Yep, I have this too and it's booked in in January to be resolved. The housing that the oil filter screws into is bolted to the block via a gasket. This is leaking slightly, and so I have an oil leak under pressure only. Probably going to cost loads to fix, whereas replacing a small amount of lost oil is far cheaper, but not ideal certainly.
 
James, I know that I often come across as the PIKEY of the forum, but I have a similar issue and have decided that oil is quite cheap compared with garage time to fix it. (And my time is in remarkably short supply at the moment. Particularly when it comes to a choice between fixing the car in the cold and rain vs. another beer by the fire.) Oli.
 
I know that I often come across as the pikey of the forum,
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Not allowed to say that any more, Oli. You're the "person or persons who should be of Romany origin but rarely are who exercise their right to live a travelling lifestyle and ignore society's rules and conventions at very opportunity" of the forum. [8|]
 
Snag is, McNulters, you are a mod in these parts, and I'm not sure whether I should take that comment seriously ... [;)] I'll edit my original post, just in case you are being serious! Oli.
 
Edit to avoid any possibility of conflict with McNulty. I've had posts on here removed before, and value my operational login! (Although I quite agree with your sentiment, Scotty.) Oli.
 
ORIGINAL: zcacogp Edit to avoid any possibility of conflict with McNulty. I've had posts on here removed before, and value my operational login! (Although I quite agree with your sentiment, Scotty.) Oli.
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Of course I'm joking - it's Christmas! [:D][:D] I'd forgotten you had a post removed, the scars WILL heal in time, Oli. I will be back to my usual grumpy self in the New Year and wielding my banning-stick if you step out of line in any way....[;)]
 
Honestly McNulters! I've just had to go back to re-edit the original post, putting the word-of-possible-offence back in! [:mad:] If you'd just stayed in (grumpy) character and held onto that banning-stick then everything would have been so much simpler! [:eek:][:eek:] <AwaitsTheReturnOfThePaulMcNultyWeAllKnowAndLove.Well,KnowAtAnyRate> Oli. P.S. Yes ... 'twas for something equally non-PC. But quite a good joke, as I recall ...
 
Oh I don't know Oli, I've always been impressed that not only do you do most of your own maintenance, but that you do it on the side of the road. Surely that's the sign of a true enthusiast - keeping a car on the road come hell or high water? Still, I am fixing this as I have some nice oil cooler pipes that I bought on eBay for a song, and I want to get them fitted. Not that I need them of course, as the leak will invariably be from somewhere else. Still I'd happily try it myself if, say, I had a heated double garage and the entire Teng Tools back catalogue to rely on.....
ORIGINAL: zcacogp James, I know that I often come across as the PIKEY of the forum, but I have a similar issue and have decided that oil is quite cheap compared with garage time to fix it. (And my time is in remarkably short supply at the moment. Particularly when it comes to a choice between fixing the car in the cold and rain vs. another beer by the fire.) Oli.
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