1.4 hdi 8v oil leak

Evening all, long time no speak. Had no issues until now 60k and 2.5 years

I appear to have oil leaking from my motor. It's probably been happening over a long time as I have not needed to top up my oil.

I called a mobile mechanic and advised i had a leak and he said that I need to take of the bottom tray which i did then clean as much of the oil off as possible.I took his advice and did this.

The next day after parking the car on a flat surface I had multiple spills of oil on the floor. About 7 different small blobs. So to me this means the leak is high up in the engine? Is this correct?

Is there any know places or areas I could look towards and possibly identify the issue myself?

Thanks
Ryan

brysoni23 wrote:Evening all, long time no speak. Had no issues until now 60k and 2.5 years

Hi brysoni23, good going.

brysoni23 wrote:I called a mobile mechanic and advised i had a leak and he said that I need to take of the bottom tray which i did then clean as much of the oil off as possible.I took his advice and did this.

Good advice because the oil drips on the inside of the tray and makes it more difficult to find the leak.

brysoni23 wrote:The next day after parking the car on a flat surface I had multiple spills of oil on the floor. About 7 different small blobs. So to me this means the leak is high up in the engine? Is this correct?

It may not be correct, you may have lots of leaks low down, like the sump gasket.

But it may not be engine oil, could it be diesel? You can try to identify it by smell and colour and even texture.

brysoni23 wrote:Is there any know places or areas I could look towards and possibly identify the issue myself?

The 2 main points would be the the top cam area and the bottom sump area, but....

You will need to have a good look with a torch, some engine cleaner (amazon) and a cloth because its uncommon for the engine to start leaking oil and may not due to a bad gasket, maybe some blocked oilways or breather forcing the oil out.

Clean the engine and then drive the car and you can then inspect for fresh oil seeping from whatever is leaking.

With your 60K miles, did it get it correct oil and filter servicing? Which oil was used?

Oil was changed every 12500 miles. I use Triple QX Fully Syn 5w 40W
Also do air filter at the same time.

Oil filter was done every other time so 25000 Miles.

Fuel filter was done when i purchased the car i have not changed it :O

I had a little nosey underneath today on lunch and it smells like diesel tbh. so Maybe a diesel leak as you said. Ill put some plastic sheets underneath and try collect some and see the texture/colour.

Also the under tray plastic was bubbled from whatever was leaking on it? I take it oil is not potenet enough to make the plastic bubble ?

Thanks
Ryan