Does this mean trouble?

[Jay]

Giving my engine bay a quick clean, taken the engine cover off and noticed this....

Does this mean I have an oil leak?

 

[BIG D]

Yes, hope its still in warranty.
Its your cam cover thats leaking, they dont have a gasket, just sealed together. Needs removing,cleaning off and resealing, a new cam belt and aux belt will need to be fitted aswell.

Expensive.

 

[Rich]

Leaky cam cover strikes again

Hope you get it sorted Jay.

 

[Jay]

Yep still under warrenty. Bloody renos tut tut

 

[dannyboy172]

Oh bugger, Mines exactly the same, just had a cambelt done too 7k miles ago. Could explain my most recent problems!

 

[Laura]

booo thats well s**t. is it under warrenty?

 

[Bubbles]

eeeeek should we all be taking off our engine covers to see this then??

 

[Rich]

I wouldnt you won't like what you find!

 

[Bubbles]

metal and stuff? hehe

 

[Rich]

You may be lucky and just find that!

 

[ant]

why would you need a new cam/aux belt?

 

[Rich]

The belts have to come of to remove the cam cover IIRC.

 

[Brian]

eeeeek should we all be taking off our engine covers to see this then??

Thought i better just in case and it's the same :S, All i can say is i'm glad i found cliosport 'cos i wouldn't have looked otherwise - f**king love cs!:approve:

Just out of interest - what would happen if this went undetected?

 

[ben_p]

lol , they all do it its not a major issue, it can be sorted but its not doin any harm

 

[Jay]

Everyone is going to take their engine covers off this afternoon then I see......

 

[Bubbles]

Naaaa

Ill clean my vanity mirror instead

 

[Jay]

You'll sleep better tonight, or not

 

[daz833]

yea will do lol

 

[Jay]

Ill clean my vanity mirror instead

 

[Rich]

I took mine off the other week, and already know!

 

[Jay]

Any oil there Rich?

 

[Rich]

Oh yes!

 

[Jay]

Really

Didn't think you'd get any...... you never use it sorry.

Is there a lot of oil?

 

[Rich]

Not as much as yours, looks to be weeping out of one bolt near the oil filler, thought maybe it was just spilt when they filled it up, but I wiped it clean and it came back.

They have been 2300 hard miles though

 

[Jay]

fair play

 

[Jones]

mines leaking too cant be bothered getting it sorted cant see it causing any harm

 

[Rich]

As long as it not running in to and contaiminating the cambelt like some have had on hear.

Still a poor show, I will ge mine sorted before the warrenty runs out as long as it does not get worse and claim my new free cambelt!

 

[M.C..]

mines had the same problem twice (will have to check to see if it has come back now) and the Renault fix is to take the bolts out and dump some sealant down the holes then put the bolts back

 

[Nathe16v]

deos it have to be under renault warrenty or can it be under dealership warrenty aswell?

 

[kully]

i had an oil leak it was through the bolts on the rocker box cover ...........done under warrenty....at wolves

 

[Jay]

A trip to Reno is on the cards, I suppose they will want it for the day

Might get it booked in before the trackday and probably again after lol

 

[Rich]

Think it was more like 3 days according to one thread on here

 

[Jay]

I must be one of the lucky ones then?