Advisory oil leak

Mac 2505 · May 6, 2021

Looking to buy a defender 90 2008.Last two most have shown an advisory oil leak from under engine. Lookimg under engine it is an irregular very slow drip in two areas. Should I be worried about purchasing vehicle. Could this be an expensive fix and does it even need to be looked at?

Shimsteriom · May 6, 2021

Hello

RangeRoller dt · May 6, 2021

That’s how they are generally. 90s are sort of environmentally friendly

They slowly leak oil back into the ground where it came from. You can tell where I used to live when I had a 90 by the big dark patch outside still from years of small drips. tarmac is oil anyway and smeared with diesel when layed so shouldn’t harm the road, but a brick paved drive will be ruined.

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lynall · May 7, 2021

No one can even answer that question with any accuracy as we do not know where the oil is leaking from, for example leaky gasket = potential cheap fix, rear main seal defo not a cheap fix and so on.

kermit_rr · May 7, 2021

Hi there and welcome
I'm not sure I've ever seen a landy without some kind of minor oil leak

Colthebrummie · May 7, 2021

My old series leaks from the front crank seal, has done for years but never been mentioned on the mot. It stops dripping a few minutes it's after the engine is switched off so my argument is that it doesn't leak most of the time.

Col

brianp38dse · May 7, 2021

Hello and welcome

be worried if there was no oil leak as that normally means there`s none in it

Knappster · May 7, 2021

Hi and welcome!

My 90 leaks, like most do. Before you part with any cash, get the leaks checked out. There are cheap to fix leaks and not so cheap to fix leaks...

Hippo · May 17, 2021

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