biketeacherdave
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A/C dye is fine for what you want they put oil in the a/c to lubricate the ac pump and seals.
Brake cleaner and blue paper towels?
Flossie
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Instead of the dye? Nah, spent way too much time with torch, mirrors, rags and degreaser and not got far.
That dye is £10 but only treats 4L or so of oil so that's 2 bottles for the engine and one for the box.
I've got a leak on the p38 engine as well and can't find the source for that either
Flossie
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Thanks to @boguing for the ring leak detection stuff heads up.
Decided to try it yesterday in the transfer box. Put 1 bottle in after topping up the oil level, went for a run to mix it all up then waited until it went darkish outside. UV torch showed the culprit straight away, glows bright white, it's the intermediate shaft O ring which is tucked up high when viewed from underneath which made it difficult to see as the oil is clear. Goggling about brings up worn transfer case housing as the worst scenario and just an O ring change at best. Its box out to do either job but as its not a really bad leak I'm going to just change the O ring when the weather's nicer.
Decided to try it yesterday in the transfer box. Put 1 bottle in after topping up the oil level, went for a run to mix it all up then waited until it went darkish outside. UV torch showed the culprit straight away, glows bright white, it's the intermediate shaft O ring which is tucked up high when viewed from underneath which made it difficult to see as the oil is clear. Goggling about brings up worn transfer case housing as the worst scenario and just an O ring change at best. Its box out to do either job but as its not a really bad leak I'm going to just change the O ring when the weather's nicer.
Flossie
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Yeah, I've read that, I'll see how fit I feel on the day. I've got an engine crane so I won't particularly struggle if I drop it out .
