Several days ago I noticed oil on the garage floor and thought the mini must be leaking a bit. (it did this a while ago but only a tiny bit, then stopped)
However I put a tray under it and looked at it yesterday and there was quite alot of oil in it, about the size of a …banana (couldn’t think of anything else ) from just one night in the garage.
I had filled up the engine with oil the week before.
Prior to this there hadn’t been any oil leaking!
Is this a problem I could solve easily (I have very little technical knowledge) or is it off to the garage?
Well there are a few likely places where oil can leak from.
What you want to do is wipe the entire underside of the engine with a rag until its clean, also wipe the gear selector and diff ends/outdrives from underneath.
Then leave the car overnight and see where the oil appears. Then we can help you a bit more.
Likely places:
Gear linkage exit (middle left to right, where the gear linkage comes out of the gearbox)
Diff oil seals (on either side of the diff at the rear of the gearbox)
Timing cover oil seal (on fan side of engine)
Rocker cover gasket (top of head oil leak)
I will try to do that soon as possible and get back to you.
[I might take it to a garage this weekend (if I can) as even if I/we work out what the problem is I dont think I will be able to fix it. Ill let you know anyway]
Sounds like its the timing chain cover crank seal, if you topped the engine up with oil, its probly gone higher than the level of the seal and leaked from there, mine does it too, It stops the road going rusty…
) from just one night in the garage.
Where I live (out in the sticks) there’s nothing but cow sh*@ on the road which also stops it going rusty
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