[928uk] Oil leak

[peter watts]

Hi Cen
may be asking the obvious here, you sure its oil - and smoke - or could it
be coolant and steam

My SE water expansion tanks created a pinhole sized leak in the seam
when the two halves( top and bottom ) are welded together, resulting in a
very fine jet of water from the reservoir to the cylinder head - when
engien hot tis immediatel vapourises and not noticeable when driving -  -
but this  only when reservoir was full - once level dropped below the seam
through leakage there were  no obvious signs

new reservoir fixed the issue at some £££

just thinking

Peter



On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM Cengiz Ali via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
wrote:

> Hi All,
> I hope you are all enjoying the fine weather and footy.
>
> I noticed a small area. Of oil on the garage floor, passenger side as you
> look at front of the car. Started her up and drove it out of the garage
> after a couple of minutes running, I noticed a burning oil smell and smoke
> coming from around the rear of engine, seems to be under or around the
> radiator plastic water reservoir. It’s burning off on something hot but
> can’t see it. Not sure if it’s engine oil or other. Any ideas please would
> be welcome?
>
> Many thanks
> Cen
> S2 auto 86.5
>