[928uk] Oil leak

[james west]

On the S2 it’s more than likely to be the cam caps leaking.

Jim Wes84 S2

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From: 928uk <928uk-bounces at lists.928.org.uk> on behalf of peter watts via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2024 5:25:13 PM
To: Cengiz Ali <cengizali at btinternet.com>
Cc: 928 List <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [928uk] Oil leak

Hi Cen
you are probable quite correct more likely to be oil  - just thought id
share my somewhat unusual fault

kind regards

Peter


On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 5:19 PM Cengiz Ali <cengizali at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
> I’m sure it’s oil as there is a strong burning oil smell like when oil
> burns off a hot exhaust.
>
> I’ll also check the coolant for leaking.
>
> Many thanks
> Cen
>
> On 20 Jun 2024, at 16:39, peter watts <petermwatts2015 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> 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
>>
>