Pressurized Oil Leak - Need a Little Help

[daveb]

hey bosto-

pull the filter and replace it. while you are in there, make sure there is only one seal. sometimes there can be an old one stuck in the groove. dental pick to pull it out. also change the bottom seal while you are in there. I've also had sender units leak through the body of the unit so if the filter checks out then change that too. my old volvo 122 did that for a while before I figured out wtf was going on. lots of stuff in that area that can leak, clean it all up and watch while you run the engine in the driveway. you will find it...

I think I finally narrowed this down. I had a steady drip today from the top of the oil filter canister (where it comes apart) after driving at 55 or so for 10 mins. Is it at all conceivable that a leak from there would spray up onto the oil fill tube and onto the bulkhead? Thanks

[Bostonian1976]

hey bosto-

pull the filter and replace it. while you are in there, make sure there is only one seal. sometimes there can be an old one stuck in the groove. dental pick to pull it out. also change the bottom seal while you are in there. I've also had sender units leak through the body of the unit so if the filter checks out then change that too. my old volvo 122 did that for a while before I figured out wtf was going on. lots of stuff in that area that can leak, clean it all up and watch while you run the engine in the driveway. you will find it...

thanks a lot. first of all - 122's are awesome. I've always wanted a coupe S.

I ordered the filter and O ring from RN this morning, so I'm hoping this is an easy fix - taking the truck out to the Cape this week for a little beach time so I need it to not spew oil everywhere

This seems to be the source though - and you're right the oil sender body points in the exact direction of the fill tube - could be that. I have no idea where to get a new one though as it's a VDO unit.

wish me luck...

[daveb]

try here:

http://www.egauges.com/vdo_indS.asp?Sender=100PSI_VDO&PN=360-086

I have no idea where to get a new one though as it's a VDO unit.

wish me luck...

[Bostonian1976]

try here:

http://www.egauges.com/vdo_indS.asp?...VDO&PN=360-086

thank you again! any idea on threads for this thing?

[daveb]

heh heh you are one your own there. pull the old one out and see what it looks like.

thank you again! any idea on threads for this thing?

[Bostonian1976]

I think it's in the oil filter housing. Don't have the green book handy. Or it could be in the oil pump itself.

Other than that, did you change anything on the engine that you can remember just before the problem started?

looks like JP may have been right all along...

[Bostonian1976]

okay I ordered that sender - thanks Daveb for the suggestion...

[Bostonian1976]

okay I ordered that sender - thanks Daveb for the suggestion...

[Linus Tremaine]

ah

sounds like you need to clean off your engine and then drive it. Its hard to tell where a leak is when oil is everywhere.

[Bostonian1976]

sounds like you need to clean off your engine and then drive it. Its hard to tell where a leak is when oil is everywhere.

it's only on the side where the oil filter is, so I'm hoping that means it's coming from something like that. Now that I think about it, all seals on the left side of the engine (I guess that is just the oil pan) are dry.....*fingers crossed*

once those parts go on this week I'll know more.....

[daveb]

hey

well, you are welcome, though I would hgave tried to pinpoint it first. don't you have two senders, one for the gauge and one for the light?

okay I ordered that sender - thanks Daveb for the suggestion...

[Bostonian1976]

daveb,

yeah I would try to pinpoint it first as well, but I leave for a trip this weekend and I want the Rover for it....at this point I'm just starting to replace things because time is short, ya know? (plus this has gone on wayyyy too long...)

it does have two contacts on the sender, one for the light and one for the guage - but, there is no light on the guage....

I imagine the sender is probably bad anyway, so what better time to replace it....

[daveb]

you don't have a green oil pressure idiot light like just about every other series LR made?

daveb,

yeah I would try to pinpoint it first as well, but I leave for a trip this weekend and I want the Rover for it....at this point I'm just starting to replace things because time is short, ya know? (plus this has gone on wayyyy too long...)

it does have two contacts on the sender, one for the light and one for the guage - but, there is no light on the guage....

I imagine the sender is probably bad anyway, so what better time to replace it....

[Bostonian1976]

you don't have a green oil pressure idiot light like just about every other series LR made?

nope. the guy that rebuilt my truck apparently was not a big fan of idiot lights....I don't have any

guages are the older style with no lights inside them, and the black panel has no lights either.

oh and my oil pressure reads full tilt, my water temp reads zero and my tank reads full all the time

[daveb]

gotcha. sounds like things are "all good" there. except for the solid chunk of ice with the water at zero!



wonder if the VDO sender is fitted with an adapter for the 1/8" NPT to fit into the british threads on the oil filter housing. that could be a leak source too. better see how that seals up while you are in there.

good luck!

oh and my oil pressure reads full tilt, my water temp reads zero and my tank reads full all the time