Mystery Oil Leak - TD4

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rustymark

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Help!

I have a strange oil leak on my 2001 TD4. It drips occasionally from the rear of the engine onto the anti roll bar (drivers side) and onto the floor. I have had the beast up on ramps and thought the rubber turbo pipe may have been at fault as it was soaked in oil.

Changed it for nice new one. No other signs of leaks. Performance improves.

Cleaned everything up and took for a run. This morning noticed one drip of oil on the garage floor again :doh:.

The oil is fairly clean - looks like the sort of oil thats in the EGR circuit so i'm thinking its from there somewhere but i cannot see where! Its getting to the (a) Swan Vesta and unleaded stage or (b) ignore it - at least it means theres oil in it!

I have changed crankcase vent so it shouldn't be cause of excessive pressure........
 
Ok another session in the garage tonight to track this fault. Its not engine oil. Because i cleaned everything it was obvious the 'oil' is in fact power steering fluid coming from the gaiters on the rack.

Next question - never had a rack in bits so...should there be pas fluid inside the gaiters and if not is there a repair kit or is it a new rack?
 
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