Bollox! its all gone horribly wrong...
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Dont look like im going to be at Avon after all... i seem to have developed the mother of all oil leaks....

my garage has a 2ft by 5ft 'lake' of oil all over the floor.

had a look underneath and it looks like its dripping from the selector seal (new and new alloy ring) transfer casing (new gasket there too) and the speedo gear housing too (again new gaskets)

looks like an engine out job.... Arse bugger feck! just after i had it running sweet as well!!

nuff pissed!

on lates all week so no hope!

Sooperdooperturbocooperexpertengineering!

:( that really sucks mate.

Sounds kinda like you have the same luck as tend to have. Bad news and bieng on lates dont help matters either.

Cheers, Stevo

2ft by 5ft ???
how long has it been standing ??
thats a lot of oil!!

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

About a week! its gone from MAX to just above MIN... seems worse if you run it.

had it running for about 3mins on saturday, had a look under and there was a fresh drip pool about 40mm in diameter

should have put 20/50 in instead of 15/40! might have been less!! LOL!

Sooperdooperturbocooperexpertengineering!

anyone know of any of them 'stop leak' formulas that the turbo wont mind drinkin? STP!??!?

ok.... just a thought

Sooperdooperturbocooperexpertengineering!

thats really bad news :(

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

are you sure its the selector seal i know they leak but if there new shouldnt be that bad. just an idea its not leaking from some where else on running down?? maybe turbo pipe or summit

dont think any stop leak in the worlds gonna help you. im really gutted at the amount of turbominiers that have got the anti avonpark curse at the moment

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

seems like its coming out the ends too! transfer case etc...

Sooperdooperturbocooperexpertengineering!

get the car up in air even axle stands , clean back of diff housing etc , use brake cleaner , and find out where its coming from cos thats a hell of a lot of oil !!

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

yeah, if you say its worse when its running maybe the turbo oil drain has split? Just a thought as it chucks out a lot of oil, infact a suprising amount!!

yeah, mine emptied almost the WHOLE engine

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

Another way to get round leaks temporary is to use some red hermatite along the joint thats leaking. bit of a bodge but works the same! then schedule gasket changes when they're more convienent.