Name THAT leak. . .

joolie · Post by **joolie** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:57 am

While supergluing the engine backtogether after a long time standing (and sliding off supports thank to the 'fake asphalt' ground the car is standing on)
I noticed a pool of oil under the car.

oh shit.

on closer inspection the pipes around the right hand side, just under where the driver sits, where freshly oil leaked, I had a clean around, the oil seems to be . . . GREEN. Indicating LHM fluid, there was a drip coming off a 10mm copper pipe next to two transparent plastic pipes. And the leak looks quite fresh around some of the very thin black painted pipesfurther towards the engine.

So anyone got a clue where the leak could be from? How severe is that?

J

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:15 am

Octopus

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:42 am

I will second that

classic2cv · Post by **classic2cv** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:59 pm

Can I third that ?

Post by **docchevron** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:59 am

Impossible to say without seeing the car really.

But in all probability, I fourth it.

Sorry mate, although despite all the doom sayers insisting the job is crap, you can change an octopus with the engine in without too much hassle.

mnde · Post by **mnde** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:00 pm

How about a picture of the leak? We might as well use a ouija board to discover the source of the leak if we don't have pictures

Mark.

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:47 am

docchevron1472 wrote:Impossible to say without seeing the car really.

But in all probability, I fourth it.

Sorry mate, although despite all the doom sayers insisting the job is crap, you can change an octopus with the engine in without too much hassle.

Last time I had one of these replaced back in blighty they did a cunning repair splicing two of the return pipes. Made it hassle free, not sure exactly but Euroservice, Lee Mill, Devon was the guys that did this for me dodgy geezer called John