Mac0972 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Have a oil leak on right hand side of engine on my 90( rhs if looking at engine from front) have changed rocker gasket and pressure washed engine but still dripping, cant seem to find it anyone have any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Do you mean the LEFT side of the vehicle ? If so please read..... Ever since I bought my 300TDi Defender I've had an oily engine block on the left side of the engine from about the exhaust manifold. My daughter offered me a trip to Allisport when she got her boyfriend Discovery an large intercooler. When this intercooler was being fitted I mentioned my oil leak. Oh yes.The inlet manifold gasket will be cracked at No 1 inlet port. At this time the Defender was in a container on its way to South Africa so I noted the remarks. Today I got round to changing the gasket. Not only was it broken at No 1,it was broken at No 4 and came off in three pieces. So over the next couple of weeks I'll see if the engine block dries out. Tip. Remove the inlet hose from the intercooler to inlet manifold. There's now four holding bolts. Two 10mm spanner size bolts through the inlet manifold. Two 13mm spanner size nuts at the bottom of the inlet manifold.You might have to remove the small heat shield at the rear of the inlet manifold. Remove the inlet manifold. You can now see the exhaust manifold nuts.15mm socket I think!! The exhaust manifold pulls away.Remove the old gasket. Clean all surfaces. Fir the new gasket. The procedure is simply a reverse of the take apart bit. The exhaust manifold and exhaust system are HEAVY. I never use a gasket sealant.Maybe grease to hold a difficult paper one in place. I do often use both a thread sealant and copper grease on long bolts.Not in this case however.Everything went on dry. The blue stuff.Hylomar.Was developed by Rolls Royce as a sealant between two aluminium faces without the need for a gasket for their "B" series industrial engines._________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailysleaze Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 If it's a 300 or 200tdi it is likely to be the manifold gasket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac0972 Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Sorry, its a 300tdi 1998, thanks lads for the advice, gonna order a set of gaskets in morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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