well I took my Zed out of the garage and started her up...gave her a good wash down inside and out and under the bonnet

put her back to bed an hour later and there was a puddle of oil where she had been stood .looking under the hood I could see nothing

looking round the block I could see nothing....it is not central to the block so not the sump plug ..its on the drivers side about 16 inches from off centre line...

its quite a significant puddle about a foot in diameter....my thoughts are turbo oil feed line..i have PE 1420 turbos...is there any other thoughts on this ??

I don't have ramps low enough to get the car up on to have a look see either :(

I was gonna say the turbo oil feed as it's around the same position as I had it

Rocker cover gasket. Oil feed/return oil tree oil filter the list goes on mate.

You'll need to get underneath Steve and see if you can spot it.

need to lose about 8 stone yet buddy to get underneath it :) think I will be borrowing my mates race trolley jack ,,nice and low ,,,,pretty sure its the oil feed line come loose ...

You home for LakeZ this year Steve?

I am mate but ive prebooked the goodwood festival of speed for the same weekend with my two lads ......if id seen the post about lakez I would have not booked , but the lads are looking forward to goodwood now .......gutted especially as the pink Floyd tribute band is cracking ..seen them before ....

silly i know but make sure your dipstick is home

thanks for that ...dipstick sticking out by a good inch not securely home it wasnt ......owe you a beer mate saved me scraping about on the gravel have some rep

thanks for that ...dipstick sticking out by a good inch not securely home it wasnt ......owe you a beer mate saved me scraping about on the gravel have some rep

 

Nice, you can't get an easier fix on a zed than that, lol

Well done Spin Doc for the great technical advice lol. Sometimes its the simple things we miss isn't it Steve. ;)

:)

Edited February 14, 201411 yr by Funkysi

Well done Spin Doc for the great technical advice lol. Sometimes its the simple things we miss isn't it Steve. ;)

 

Im 44 and always found, that its the smallest of things in life that can have the biggest impact, and the simplest of things that can turn into the bigest of headaces. Thats why i always start a job from the begining. Remember your A.B.C.s. lol

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Iff the motors breathing right as in crankcase vent/PCV valves ect there should be zero oil coming out the top of dipstick tube...and deffo not enough to cause an oil leak.

yep ....crank case breather blocked .....now sorted.....yes its the simple things ..owned this zed for ten years not much I haven't ever checked or done on it or to it.....but overlooked the dipstick and crank case breather ...doooh !!

yep ....crank case breather blocked .....now sorted.....yes its the simple things ..owned this zed for ten years not much I haven't ever checked or done on it or to it.....but overlooked the dipstick and crank case breather ...doooh !!

 

This very same problem can give the symtoms of tub seals gone bad..the Gravity oil return from the tub cartridge cant return fast enough into the sump because of positive pressure and the cartridge fills up resulting in oil getting past the seals:wink: