dripping oil xe

[MyNovaSr]

Everytime I park up I notice im dripping oil. No blue smoke that I can see and I put a new sump plug gasket on but wasn't leaking from there. Is it likely to be leaking from the sump gasket when under pressure? Not massive amounts but worrying none the less..

Fooking annoying me.

[Adam]

No doubt it'll be the sump gasket.
The std xe sump gaskets always leak, Lol.

[MyNovaSr]

Where can I get an uprated one from?

:D

[Adam]

I think you can fit one off a 2.0 8v engine, its a different gasket that doesn't leak.
Think thats right anyway.

[craig green]

It doesnt need uprating & it shouldnt be under pressure.

The 8v type uses rubber gaskets instead of cork but will need shorter sump bolts.

Have a good look for where the leak is coming from. Its not a nice job I did mine to discover it was the crank shaft end seal after all.

[Novadave06]

xe's always drip oil my brother has one in his corsa and it leaked so he took the sump off and cleaned it all and put it bk on again with everythink new and it still leaks * sometimes you just cannot win this engines** lol

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m152/zamc/P1010012.jpg

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[craig green]

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Nice.

[Jon_nova1]

gasket sealer

[Philsutton]

We always use a 1.8 16v one piece gasket an baffle and that stops them most of the time

[Dan 130]

the gasket sealer we use at toyota is the nuts havnt seen it fail yet but ?40 a tube lol

[Stuart]

good ole loctite RTV will do the job

[Lee]

Be bloody careful with gasket sealant on the sump. it is very easy for bits to break off and clog up the pickup lol

[MyNovaSr]

ok cheers guys. After all it was mainly water it was leaking. Then my water pump went but didnt take the cam belt :D .

just need someone good enough to fit new belt and pump as vauxhall want ?300 :cry:

[stuartp]

before you go running of changing sump gaskets and grank end seals, check the crank case breather pipe isint blocked because that caused the same problem with mine. And that caught the best of use out including JNC who replaced both crank seal and tryed numours sump gaskets.