Bit of an oil leak...
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:03 pm
First post ever- just thought I'd include that...
A mate who works at a garage did the last oil change on my 1.0 12V for me. Put a new sump plug washer in and everything was ok, until recently I noticed a few blobs (not much at all- the oil level hasn't gone down) under the car when parked. Had a look under last night and this morning and there is a lot of oil that has leaked out around the sump plug, but a fair amount of the sump is covered in a thin coating too.
Basically wondering (as I haven't had chance to tighten the sump plug yet myself because I haven't got the right tool)- if it was just a loose sump plug in need of tightening would the oil have spread like this? Or does it suggest that the sump gasket (or anything else you can think of!) needs replacing?
Like I say, haven't really had this problem before the oil was changed so I am led to believe it is just that... And in terms of time, this oil change was done a while ago, and then the car taken on holiday, so I was driving it for a while before I noticed.
Another thing- I think I may have overfilled the oil slightly (it's on the max mark) because when the oil change was done we decided to be more conservative with the oil (easier to add than take away), but things have kinda gone in the other direction- would the engine being overfilled result in excess oil leaking in this way?
Thanks in advance, and apologies for long post. I'll try to become more succinct as I go along...
Paul
A mate who works at a garage did the last oil change on my 1.0 12V for me. Put a new sump plug washer in and everything was ok, until recently I noticed a few blobs (not much at all- the oil level hasn't gone down) under the car when parked. Had a look under last night and this morning and there is a lot of oil that has leaked out around the sump plug, but a fair amount of the sump is covered in a thin coating too.
Basically wondering (as I haven't had chance to tighten the sump plug yet myself because I haven't got the right tool)- if it was just a loose sump plug in need of tightening would the oil have spread like this? Or does it suggest that the sump gasket (or anything else you can think of!) needs replacing?
Like I say, haven't really had this problem before the oil was changed so I am led to believe it is just that... And in terms of time, this oil change was done a while ago, and then the car taken on holiday, so I was driving it for a while before I noticed.
Another thing- I think I may have overfilled the oil slightly (it's on the max mark) because when the oil change was done we decided to be more conservative with the oil (easier to add than take away), but things have kinda gone in the other direction- would the engine being overfilled result in excess oil leaking in this way?
Thanks in advance, and apologies for long post. I'll try to become more succinct as I go along...
Paul