Oil and the kerb...

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discomania

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My neighbour, the swine she is, gets ****ed at me, because there is some oil on the kerbside where I park!

Some ATF from the transmission, bit of hypoid from the swivels and transfer... and the odd drop of engine oil... mean its not like its the same old stuff day in day out!

So ungratefull
 
Litch said:
Your LR leaks oil?
You want to do something about that as the oil is meant to remain inside the metal bits.
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not on a landrover its not
british bike engineers developed the concept of continual fresh oil an land rover just took it on board every since they made the first 2wd model.
 
LR's and Brit bikes don't HAVE to leak, it's just that sometimes it takes a bit of work to keep the slippery stuff where it should be.

My wife's old Royal Enfield was a bit leaky (which is why they were know as British Oilfields) but with a bit of work we kept it in (just). My only attempt at Brit bike ownership was fairly oil-tight and it goes without saying that the Italians, Japs & Germans have been pretty good at it for years.

Most of my old LR's have been a tad leaky at times but I usually manage to sort it out but when my current 90 was leaking (transfer-box & sump) it went STRAIGHT back to the dealer for him to sort it.
Thought it was leaking again last weekend but it turned out that when I changed the oil-filter some oil had dripped onto the front diff and collected, when I moved the vehicle onto a slight slope it made its mark (ahhhh, disaster!).
Some of this oil stuff is too expensive to leak, I want it to stay where it's meant to.
 
the main reason landy's last so long is due to the oil leaks prolonging the metal work, thus stopping the rust. if you notice the oil leaks never reach the bulkhead therefore the bulkhead is one of the parts that rust to which they have to be replaced thus enabling landy fans to rebuild their said vehicles ;)
 
Well unfortunatly yes, that is all she has to complain about.

As yella says, the oil does help to keep the metal good. The front of my chassis is brilliantly protected with diesel spray, when ever I bleed the fuel system, I make sure the diesel sprays onto things that look like they need another coat.
 
That will teach me to keep my big trap shut.
Went out today, small patch of oil under the LR which turns out it is from the filter housing. Checked the filter, tight but not overtightened (replaced it recently) so it looks lie I am going to have to get my hands dirty if I am going to keep all that Magnatec inside.

Repeat after me 100 times.
Don't boast about having a drip-free LR, don't boast about having a drip-free LR, don't boast about having a drip free LR.................................
 
Carefully designing components to leak (and they are obviously carefully designed that way) has three main advantages:
1. Stops chassis from rusting
2. Tells you when it's running dry (ie I start worrying when it doesn't leak oil)
3. So you have a histpric record of exactly where you have parked in the road - and by smelling the oil you canalso work out which way the car was parked.
 
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