downpipe, oil, and wheels..

[Dan]

Hey guys,

Finally got the hance to get under the car today only to find it's been leaking oil badly. There's a small oil patch under the car where it's been dripping.. once i got under there i found it's almost everywhere. What's the most likely source of all this oil, and what's the best way to find out?

Also, was unbolting the exhaust from the downpipe yesterday only to find it had a bolt missing. Does anyone have a spare bolt? Or are they welded into the downpipe?

Lastly, i sent him a pm but thought i might as well ask here too, does anyone know what wheels RichardK has? I think the multi-spokes look well nice on the s12.

Cheers, Dan

[northerner]

Oil leak could be from loads of places but most probably the Turbo. Best bet is to jet wash your engine then drive it and then have a look underneath and see were its coming from. If theres a bolt missing from the Zorst buy another from Nissan they ain't expensive.

[PukkaSilvia]

Yep clean it jack it up and run it and see if you can get it to drip on your face Dan. be carefull with using steam cleaners jet washing though as some people have had electric problems after doing that. If you have accsess to a spray degreaser and an airline you acould spray and blow the grime off the car.If not its a rag. If the leaks bad it might be really obvious without cleaning.

ideas....

sump gasket

sump plug

Rocker cover gasket

or as Northerner say is could be turbo related and be the oil pipe running from bottom of turbo to sump or the thin metal oil pipe running from under the exhaust manifold on the engine block to the turbo top


And yes the downpipe on the exhasut uses studs so if its just ratled out you could just put another one from nissan in there or just any bolt from your garden shed should do it. Its a standard metric thread,be it very rusty by now though. Spray some wd40 in there half hour before you fit it ....