neilly
Well-Known Member
A known "hidden" place for them to leak is a rubber pipe / blank at the rear of the near side of engine under the turbo.
It depends on what year you have as the earlier ones ( Sorry , just read it in the title, yours will have the blank) have a pipe that connects the oil cooler to a metal pipe that goes around the rear of the engine , later models approx 53 onwards have this pipe blanked off with a rubber blank piece.
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It depends on what year you have as the earlier ones ( Sorry , just read it in the title, yours will have the blank) have a pipe that connects the oil cooler to a metal pipe that goes around the rear of the engine , later models approx 53 onwards have this pipe blanked off with a rubber blank piece.
Cheers
neilly
Well-Known Member
Did not post it when I did it, it is easy to find, let the engine cool down, and reach under the turbo you will soon come across it. ( in the picture you can just see the side of the oil filter on the LH side, as reference) You may find using a mirror will help you see if it is an issue. Or if you want easy access then removing the turbo heatshield makes life very easy.
I fitted a silicone blanking plug that cost about £3 from ebay.
Of course it could be from somewhere else.
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