Oil leak?

Hequn · 29 Jan 2007 at 10:45

Car was left on the drive for half an hour, I've just moved it off and spotted this. I'm just double checking, think it's an oil leak?

4T5 · 29 Jan 2007 at 10:47

Check your Oil filter is tight, they are only hand tightened and do work loose now & again.

agw_01 · 29 Jan 2007 at 10:48

Looks like oil. Could be warm CV grease or gearbox oil though.

Hequn · 29 Jan 2007 at 10:58

malc30 said:
Check your Oil filter is tight, they are only hand tightened and do work loose now & again.

I know practically nothing when it comes to things under the bonnet, any idea where I'd find this in an R reg Corsa?

4T5 · 29 Jan 2007 at 11:05

You are looking for a tin can basically that is painted, hopefully white with red stripes but it could be black or grey or god knows to be honest. I honestly can't remember exactly where it is on a Corsa. Probably at the back but if you look low on your engine from below and from the top looking down the back of the lump you'll see it.
Looking at the amount you dropped in half and hour it should be quite obvious where it's coming from. Get a cardboard box rip it up flat then lay it under your engine. Lift the bonnett to improve light and lay under the car looking for the trail of oil. Look about for the Oil filter while you are down there and when you find it just grip it with your hand and see if it is tight & whether there is an oil trail.

ci_newman · 29 Jan 2007 at 12:37

If you aren't handy with a spanner, that is a lot of oil to lose in just 30 mins regardless of where it has come from..

Check your oil level, or get it straight to a local Indy garage to check it over.

Hequn · 3 Feb 2007 at 13:14

Took the car to my step-grandads and it seemed it was some kind of valve near the gearbox that relieved pressure, it was blocked so oil was being forced out of the seals occasionally. All nice and clean now so it should run fine. Thanks anyway.