100 2.5 TD oil leak

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Nige

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• Aug 22, 2006

• #1

Well, theres a couple, a very odd one from around the radiator, it's ****ing out (well, dripping) all
along the front of the bottom of the rad? Is there an oil cooler? I'm doing 14 hour days at the moment do
don't have time to get under it.

The rad looks new so maybe if it has an oil cooler they didn't tighten it up etc? The reason I ask is I
cant open the bonnet as the cable snapped due to my heavy right arm!!!!

Richard!!! I need a new bonnet release cable & pull matey!

Nige

 

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Dave R

Guest

• Aug 22, 2006

• #2

Nige wrote:
> Well, theres a couple, a very odd one from around the radiator, it's ****ing out (well, dripping) all
> along the front of the bottom of the rad? Is there an oil cooler? I'm doing 14 hour days at the moment do
> don't have time to get under it.
>
> The rad looks new so maybe if it has an oil cooler they didn't tighten it up etc? The reason I ask is I
> cant open the bonnet as the cable snapped due to my heavy right arm!!!!
>
> Richard!!! I need a new bonnet release cable & pull matey!
>
> Nige

Hi Nige,

Yes there is an oil cooler on the drivers side of the rad. There's one
union at the top of the rad and threre's another at the bottom which i
guess is probably the one that it leaking. It's part of the rad though
so you might need to investigate further. It's really easy to
crossthread the union that enters the radiator when fitting it, i had
to be very careful when retrofitting a tdi into my old 90 TD. The
bottom union is just above the top of the steering box so you may be
able to peer / feel underneath. Fingers crossed it's just loose eh?

Mind you, these engines had a hell of a reputation for pressurising the
crankcase, it was unknown for the TD to shoot the dipstick out unnder
acceleration

All the best,


Dave

 

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Nige

Guest

• Aug 22, 2006

• #3

Dave R wrote:
> Nige wrote:
>> Well, theres a couple, a very odd one from around the radiator,
>> it's ****ing out (well, dripping) all along the front of the
>> bottom of the rad? Is there an oil cooler? I'm doing 14 hour days
>> at the moment do don't have time to get under it.
>>
>> The rad looks new so maybe if it has an oil cooler they didn't
>> tighten it up etc? The reason I ask is I cant open the bonnet as
>> the cable snapped due to my heavy right arm!!!!
>>
>> Richard!!! I need a new bonnet release cable & pull matey!
>>
>> Nige
>
> Hi Nige,
>
> Yes there is an oil cooler on the drivers side of the rad. There's
> one union at the top of the rad and threre's another at the bottom
> which i guess is probably the one that it leaking. It's part of the
> rad though so you might need to investigate further. It's really
> easy to crossthread the union that enters the radiator when fitting
> it, i had to be very careful when retrofitting a tdi into my old 90
> TD. The bottom union is just above the top of the steering box so
> you may be able to peer / feel underneath. Fingers crossed it's
> just loose eh?
>
> Mind you, these engines had a hell of a reputation for pressurising
> the crankcase, it was unknown for the TD to shoot the dipstick out
> unnder acceleration
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Dave

It's deffo coming from the front of the rad, gonna get the bonnet open tomorrow at some point!!!

 

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Dave R

Guest

• Aug 22, 2006

• #4

Nige wrote:
> Dave R wrote:
> > Nige wrote:
> >> Well, theres a couple, a very odd one from around the radiator,
> >> it's ****ing out (well, dripping) all along the front of the
> >> bottom of the rad? Is there an oil cooler? I'm doing 14 hour days
> >> at the moment do don't have time to get under it.
> >>
> >> The rad looks new so maybe if it has an oil cooler they didn't
> >> tighten it up etc? The reason I ask is I cant open the bonnet as
> >> the cable snapped due to my heavy right arm!!!!
> >>
> >> Richard!!! I need a new bonnet release cable & pull matey!
> >>
> >> Nige
> >
> > Hi Nige,
> >
> > Yes there is an oil cooler on the drivers side of the rad. There's
> > one union at the top of the rad and threre's another at the bottom
> > which i guess is probably the one that it leaking. It's part of the
> > rad though so you might need to investigate further. It's really
> > easy to crossthread the union that enters the radiator when fitting
> > it, i had to be very careful when retrofitting a tdi into my old 90
> > TD. The bottom union is just above the top of the steering box so
> > you may be able to peer / feel underneath. Fingers crossed it's
> > just loose eh?
> >
> > Mind you, these engines had a hell of a reputation for pressurising
> > the crankcase, it was unknown for the TD to shoot the dipstick out
> > unnder acceleration
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> >
> > Dave
>
> It's deffo coming from the front of the rad, gonna get the bonnet open tomorrow at some point!!!

Might be a new radiator job then, let us know what you find!

Dave

 

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Nige

Guest

• Aug 22, 2006

• #5

Dave R wrote:
> Nige wrote:
>> Dave R wrote:
>>> Nige wrote:
>>>> Well, theres a couple, a very odd one from around the radiator,
>>>> it's ****ing out (well, dripping) all along the front of the
>>>> bottom of the rad? Is there an oil cooler? I'm doing 14 hour days
>>>> at the moment do don't have time to get under it.
>>>>
>>>> The rad looks new so maybe if it has an oil cooler they didn't
>>>> tighten it up etc? The reason I ask is I cant open the bonnet as
>>>> the cable snapped due to my heavy right arm!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Richard!!! I need a new bonnet release cable & pull matey!
>>>>
>>>> Nige
>>>
>>> Hi Nige,
>>>
>>> Yes there is an oil cooler on the drivers side of the rad. There's
>>> one union at the top of the rad and threre's another at the bottom
>>> which i guess is probably the one that it leaking. It's part of
>>> the rad though so you might need to investigate further. It's
>>> really easy to crossthread the union that enters the radiator
>>> when fitting it, i had to be very careful when retrofitting a tdi
>>> into my old 90 TD. The bottom union is just above the top of the
>>> steering box so you may be able to peer / feel underneath.
>>> Fingers crossed it's just loose eh?
>>>
>>> Mind you, these engines had a hell of a reputation for
>>> pressurising the crankcase, it was unknown for the TD to shoot
>>> the dipstick out unnder acceleration
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave
>>
>> It's deffo coming from the front of the rad, gonna get the bonnet
>> open tomorrow at some point!!!
>
> Might be a new radiator job then, let us know what you find!
>
> Dave

Odd, the rad looked brand new as i have actually had the bonnet open for a few minutes as the fan belt
snapped on the way home, easy fix, but my head went & i yanked the bonnet release so hard it snapped the
cable & also yanked the bracket off the car!!!

Nige

 

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beamendsltd

Guest

• Aug 23, 2006

• #6

In message <[email protected]>
"Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Nige wrote:
> > Dave R wrote:
> > > Nige wrote:
> > >> Well, theres a couple, a very odd one from around the radiator,
> > >> it's ****ing out (well, dripping) all along the front of the
> > >> bottom of the rad? Is there an oil cooler? I'm doing 14 hour days
> > >> at the moment do don't have time to get under it.
> > >>
> > >> The rad looks new so maybe if it has an oil cooler they didn't
> > >> tighten it up etc? The reason I ask is I cant open the bonnet as
> > >> the cable snapped due to my heavy right arm!!!!
> > >>
> > >> Richard!!! I need a new bonnet release cable & pull matey!
> > >>
> > >> Nige
> > >
> > > Hi Nige,
> > >
> > > Yes there is an oil cooler on the drivers side of the rad. There's
> > > one union at the top of the rad and threre's another at the bottom
> > > which i guess is probably the one that it leaking. It's part of the
> > > rad though so you might need to investigate further. It's really
> > > easy to crossthread the union that enters the radiator when fitting
> > > it, i had to be very careful when retrofitting a tdi into my old 90
> > > TD. The bottom union is just above the top of the steering box so
> > > you may be able to peer / feel underneath. Fingers crossed it's
> > > just loose eh?
> > >
> > > Mind you, these engines had a hell of a reputation for pressurising
> > > the crankcase, it was unknown for the TD to shoot the dipstick out
> > > unnder acceleration
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave
> >
> > It's deffo coming from the front of the rad, gonna get the bonnet open tomorrow at some point!!!
>
> Might be a new radiator job then, let us know what you find!
>

or missing/damaged O rings.

> Dave
>

Richard

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beamendsltd

Guest

• Aug 23, 2006

• #7

In message <[email protected]>
"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well, theres a couple, a very odd one from around the radiator, it's ****ing out (well, dripping) all
> along the front of the bottom of the rad? Is there an oil cooler? I'm doing 14 hour days at the moment do
> don't have time to get under it.
>
> The rad looks new so maybe if it has an oil cooler they didn't tighten it up etc? The reason I ask is I
> cant open the bonnet as the cable snapped due to my heavy right arm!!!!
>
> Richard!!! I need a new bonnet release cable & pull matey!
>
> Nige
>
>

On it's way! You can open the bonnet by reaching in with your
fingers to the left (looking at the front of the motor) of the
latch and pulling the cable inner between the end of the outer
and latch. You don't even have to take the grille off!

Richard

--
www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk [email protected]
RISC-OS - Where have all the good guys gone?
Lib Dems - Townies keeping comedy alive

 

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icky

Guest

• Aug 23, 2006

• #8

"beamendsltd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:de53ca5a4e%[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]>
> "Nige" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Well, theres a couple, a very odd one from around the radiator, it's
>> ****ing out (well, dripping) all
>> along the front of the bottom of the rad? Is there an oil cooler? I'm
>> doing 14 hour days at the moment do
>> don't have time to get under it.
>>
>> The rad looks new so maybe if it has an oil cooler they didn't tighten it
>> up etc? The reason I ask is I
>> cant open the bonnet as the cable snapped due to my heavy right arm!!!!
>>
>> Richard!!! I need a new bonnet release cable & pull matey!
>>
>> Nige
>>
>>
>
> On it's way! You can open the bonnet by reaching in with your
> fingers to the left (looking at the front of the motor) of the
> latch and pulling the cable inner between the end of the outer
> and latch. You don't even have to take the grille off!
>
> Richard
>
> --
> www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk [email protected]
> RISC-OS - Where have all the good guys gone?
> Lib Dems - Townies keeping comedy alive


The metal part of the oil cooler pipe at the rad end cracked on my td
resulting in a big oil leak !

Icky