oil leak

oldbag · 4 Nov 2013 at 19:16

All,

I've noticed that I have an oil leak and it manifests itself as a small patch, every 24 hours.

I've seen a spot on the ground about 60-80 cm to the left of the right tyre (drivers side) up slightly towards the front of the car.

The material left is solid black, doesn't really smell and isn't thick in feel.

Any idea what kinda oil it is?

I have the car going in for a check out, incidentally it's only started happening since I had a service and MOT a few weeks ago.....

oldbag · 4 Nov 2013 at 20:05

Incidently on the service they changed the filter and oil (as expected), maybe they didn't put the filter back correctly?

Virdi · 4 Nov 2013 at 20:53

Take it back to garage.?

oldbag · 4 Nov 2013 at 20:56

Virdi said:
Take it back to garage.?

Thats what i am doing, but wondered if anyone here had an idea.

( |-| |2 ][ $ · 4 Nov 2013 at 21:06

I once had a leak following a service, turns out they'd just been messy and split some that was dripping down. Stopped after a few days.

oldbag · 4 Nov 2013 at 21:32

Dunno, this has been a couple of weeks, but i've only noticed it in the last 5 days or so, and was certain today it was a leak. Maybe the sump possibly. Hope thats not expensive.

Hades · 4 Nov 2013 at 21:51

You've not said which car it is but possible causes could be the sump drain nut not tightened sufficiently and it's worked its way loose, or the seal around the oil pressure switch which would also be low down near the sump. Neither would be expensive.

Obviously though it could be a multitude of things (both team and expensive) so impossible to tell without looking at it.

oldbag · 4 Nov 2013 at 21:55

Hades said:
You've not said which car it is but possible causes could be the sump drain nut not tightened sufficiently and it's worked its way loose, or the seal around the oil pressure switch which would also be low down near the sump. Neither would be expensive.

Obviously though it could be a multitude of things (both team and expensive) so impossible to tell without looking at it.

Sorry, it's a Citroen C4, 2007 model. Interesting that it started happening after it had a service and MOT.

andy_mk3 · 4 Nov 2013 at 22:04

If you can't check it yourself then take it back and ask them to have a look. It might be that residue oil is there from changing the filter. Some cars are awful and it makes a right mess which is impossible to clean off completely.