mundungus
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So, the landys been parked up for a couple of weeks. Came home one day and noticed a couple of patches underneath it. Oh yeah, me thinks. Didn't have time to look at it, so slipped a tray under one of them and waited till the weekend.
Turns out there are three minor leaks. One is clear diesel coming from the tank somewhere. The top of the tank is bone dry, but there is a fold of metal that seems to make a seam in the tank, which has diesel running down it. I cant actually see where the leak starts but the tank is pretty rusty and google says this is a common fault.
There is another slow oil leak somewhere from the engine. Again, cant identify where exactly, but the underside of the engine has a thin layer of oil in places. The oil actually looks quite new (not gunky) which is odd because i haven't changed it recently. Guess ill have to clean this off to investigate further.
Also, have noticed a there seems to be a thin spray of oil on the chassis and exhaust, sprying out from between the handbrake and the rear prop. Am guessing this one is just the oil seal, no biggie, have new ujs to go on anyway.
So back to the diesel tank. Am thinking that a new tank may be in order. And am thinking sooner rather than later before the weather gets too cold. How hard is it to change? So far everything has been much harder than it should, cos all the bolts are rusted to ****.
Turns out there are three minor leaks. One is clear diesel coming from the tank somewhere. The top of the tank is bone dry, but there is a fold of metal that seems to make a seam in the tank, which has diesel running down it. I cant actually see where the leak starts but the tank is pretty rusty and google says this is a common fault.
There is another slow oil leak somewhere from the engine. Again, cant identify where exactly, but the underside of the engine has a thin layer of oil in places. The oil actually looks quite new (not gunky) which is odd because i haven't changed it recently. Guess ill have to clean this off to investigate further.
Also, have noticed a there seems to be a thin spray of oil on the chassis and exhaust, sprying out from between the handbrake and the rear prop. Am guessing this one is just the oil seal, no biggie, have new ujs to go on anyway.
So back to the diesel tank. Am thinking that a new tank may be in order. And am thinking sooner rather than later before the weather gets too cold. How hard is it to change? So far everything has been much harder than it should, cos all the bolts are rusted to ****.
