Noticed bike rack covered in oil this evening. Looked underneath and everything covered in oil. Engine bay covered in the black stuff including block on passenger side and on rocker cover and manifold. Engine starts and runs ok - but can’t see where it’s all coming from?
Massive oil leak P38 DSE
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It's clean down time!
When you checked the oil on the dipstick was it missing a lot since the last time you had checked?
Oil creeps and a little lost looks like a lot!! (Say that drunk and fast).
You need to clean it all down and then let it idle and check for a leak and then go for a run and check again if nothing found the first time.
If its everywhere, it's either been doing it for a while or its a leak under pressure.
When you checked the oil on the dipstick was it missing a lot since the last time you had checked?
Oil creeps and a little lost looks like a lot!! (Say that drunk and fast).
You need to clean it all down and then let it idle and check for a leak and then go for a run and check again if nothing found the first time.
If its everywhere, it's either been doing it for a while or its a leak under pressure.
Colthebrummie
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Must be bad if the bike rack is covered in oil, saves oiling the chains though.
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Some info about car maybe useful in that regard. Another one who has not read the first post on Range rover page.
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Thread title say P38 DSE? Or are you wondering if it has EGR?
I'd check the oil filter housing and the dipstick when running.
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I normally get the Mann filters from Eurocarparts when the discount code starts to go over 50%. They come with the o-ring. I always keep the old one for a while, just in case. I change the oil so often I don't always change the o-ring so I have a few spares hanging up. Got the metal filter on mine from the earlier engine.
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