lowfat

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• Aug 16, 2013

• #1

Ok so had the motor a couple of years . Seems its had an oil leak from new. never leaves a drip on the floor but from the oil filter back its wet. the steering arm is covered .

can't make out if it's the oil cooler pipes. Is there a usual suspect?

 

listerdiesel

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• Aug 16, 2013

• #2

I've had the oil light switch leak out from the terminal, started fairly low level but got worse over a few weeks.

Thought it was the sealing washer, but it was the switch itself.

Early single-terminal switches are replaced by a twin-terminal unit, and a small adapter wire is available to use existing wiring.

I got a new switch from a motor factors that was single terminal.

Peter

 

West Slope Rover

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• Aug 16, 2013

• #3

listerdiesel said:

I've had the oil light switch leak out from the terminal, started fairly low level but got worse over a few weeks.

Thought it was the sealing washer, but it was the switch itself.

Early single-terminal switches are replaced by a twin-terminal unit, and a small adapter wire is available to use existing wiring.

I got a new switch from a motor factors that was single terminal.

Peter

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+1 That's where the leak came from when my switch went bad. It had a pinhole in it and it was amazing how much oil it spewed from such a tiny hole. To get home from work, I pulled the switch and cleaned it up with acetone then epoxied the hole. That fix lasted long enough to get a new one.

 

lowfat

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• Aug 16, 2013

• #4

cheers for that will have a sufti...

 

listerdiesel

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• Aug 17, 2013

• #5

Here's the old one on top and the new type:

Peter

 

lowfat

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• Dec 8, 2015

• #6

Well it was the oil cooler pipes...all nice and dry now

 

listerdiesel

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• Dec 12, 2015

• #7

We took our oil cooler off completely, but left the R380 gearbox cooler in place.

Too many things in front of the radiator!

Peter