Bad oil leak

canhefixit

I just got the steering pump leak sorked today on my 1.8tddi connect and now after landing home in the van i have a bad oil leak all down the timing side of the engine have a trail of oil behind me and a pool of it under now sake!!!

The whole underneath is just saturated in oil and its dark now so cant even look to see were is coming from, im hoping its something simple like a crankshaft seal as its lower engine is were the mess is, checked dip stick and it almost stone dry so lucky to get home in it ok

Anyone done a seal on these and do they just go like that?

blackbox

Seems a bit of a coincidence.

Are you certain that it is not related to the steering issue?

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canhefixit

blackbox wrote: »

Seems a bit of a coincidence.

Are you certain that it is not related to the steering issue?

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Could it be? i honestly dont know

the steering issue is now sorted but now is pissing out oil from somewhere, to change a crack seal here is it a timing belt off job?

canhefixit

I dont think so, can it be?

Its literally emptied itself of oil count myself luncky i made it home tbh

is there a oil pressure switch on these does anyone know?

George Dalton

If it is leaking that much oil it can't be too hard to see where it is coming from!

The Sidewards Man

Get the leak sorted and move it on, they are a bucket of trouble.

canhefixit

George Dalton wrote: »

If it is leaking that much oil it can't be too hard to see where it is coming from!

Thats what im hoping anyway

Just hoping its something simple some chance

rex-x

Sure you didnt crack the sump? A crankshaft oil seal wont tend to pour oil out all of a sudden.

canhefixit

ok so got it all degreased and power washed stripped as much as i could for visability coated everywhere with a layer of tal powder and the leak is most def coming from behind the crank wheel, its then hitting the pully and being sprayed everywhere.......so is it more likely the crank seal is at fault or is there anywhere else in there it could be?

canhefixit

OK just an update on this incase it may help guide someone in future

Turns out the crank seal was the culprit, when the engine was ticking over it was just spraying out, when iremoved the oil one it had a substantial rib on it, i dont know how that happened tbh maybe it was just shot completely

Job was very simple, lucky enough no oil got in around the timimg belt all was dry so was just a swop of the seals and all good to go

bearing is gone in the tensioner pulley makig an awful grinding noise when spun so one of them ordered but that a job for another day

canhefixit

OK just an update on this incase it may help guide someone in future

Turns out the crank seal was the culprit, when the engine was ticking over it was just spraying out, when iremoved the oil one it had a substantial rib on it, i dont know how that happened tbh maybe it was just shot completely

Job was very simple, lucky enough no oil got in around the timimg belt all was dry so was just a swop of the seals and all good to go

bearing is gone in the tensioner pulley makig an awful grinding noise when spun so one of them ordered but that a job for another day

visual

Rip would suggest something sharp had come into contact with seal. I'll leave it there as conspiracy theories don't go anywhere