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Oil leak - anyone here used a dye kit ?

franksm · 2014-12-17 21:40:57

Hi lads Anyone ever make use of one of those UV-dye leak-detection kits ? Is it fairly straightforward ? I have an oil leak from the front of my engine (1997 XK8), I thought I had it sussed (oil cooler fittings, you can just about see the hole in the block to the left and of the crank pulley on this diagram) but new…

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17-12-2014 10:40pm

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franksm

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Hi lads

Anyone ever make use of one of those UV-dye leak-detection kits ? Is it fairly straightforward ?

I have an oil leak from the front of my engine (1997 XK8), I thought I had it sussed (oil cooler fittings, you can just about see the hole in the block to the left and of the crank pulley on this diagram) but new O-rings on the fitting haven't fixed it. Can't see where else it's coming from, there's oil everywhere.

So, I plan to hose off the engine once again, put some dye in, run the engine for 10 mins, then go searching. Does the dye kit work as simple as that ?

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