Series 3 Rear main oil seal again - schoolboy error?

It was all going so well, did the change put it all back together ran her up all good.
Then she sat for 4 months until this weekend when my Disco TD5 threw a head gasket.

Ok no problem, put 6 liters of new oil in the S3 and off we go .. no wait .. the oil pressure rose to like 100, WTF!
pulled over and a steady trickle of oil ran out of the bell housing drain plug.. like what?
Drove the two miles home and looked underneath while it was running.. no leak.
Switched off engine.. steady trickle for a bout 30 seconds.. err??

Checked oil level and its like full and I mean full to the top of the stick, yep I already had put oil in 4 months ago and now i put twice as much in..

So drained it off and now when its running no problem, if i dont drive it and switch it off no leak but if i drive it just a little and switch off i get a steady trickle for a few seconds and a few drops but it stops.

Before it was running out all the time so its in a better state than it was before i did the change of rear seal.
Does anyone think it will get better or am I indeed going to have to start again?

Drives nice though I must say and i have an old oild bottle that i slide under to catch what looks like half an egg cup may be less when it stops running ..

a bit frustrated ..

Sometimes its easier to just live with a slight leak. It might stop or it might get worse. My front seal has been doing the same for 5 years. How come you didnt check the dipstick before adding the oil?

Col

Colthebrummie said:

Sometimes its easier to just live with a slight leak. It might stop or it might get worse. My front seal has been doing the same for 5 years. How come you didnt check the dipstick before adding the oil?

Col

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Sadly our one year old cat had been run over by the boy racer idiots who continue to treat the country lane as a race track and my head was somewhere else despite 4 warning signs asking drivers to take care but your right I should have checked :-(

Sorry but that made me roar laughing. Mines just decided to stop all the electrics working.
Nothing but trouble at the mo.

Bobsticle said:

Sorry but that made me roar laughing.

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The bit about the cat?

WoodyO said:

The bit about the cat?

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The bit about how crap we are.

Colthebrummie said:

Sometimes its easier to just live with a slight leak. It might stop or it might get worse. My front seal has been doing the same for 5 years. How come you didnt check the dipstick before adding the oil?

Col

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Usually I would agree but I can also understand the wanting to fix it. the rear main on my 2.25diesle has been leaking since I got it nearly 10 years ago and so has the gearbox (badly). I have lived with it up until now but it has been on the list for 10 year to get it fixed. If it didn't mean dropping the box it would already have been done, It might be the next big job one the 110 is back on the road.