oil leak

[elmo makaroy]

i have an oil leak coming from the underside of my engine somewere, the oil is dripping all ove my heat exchanger on the right hand side( when looking at engine),

wot are the common places to check for leaks??

its an Aircooled 2litre cu engine with 149,000miles

thanks

[Devon81]

Its probably your push rod tube seals that need replacing, you can do this with the engine still in place with a Aircooled, i have got to do mine, but i am waiting for the weather to get a bit warmer.

Ian

[john1]

i would check rockercover gasket, not a lot pennies to change.

[jason k]

99.9999% certain it will be the push rod tube seals. 8 per side 4 small 4 large. a doddle to do, look in the wiki for help

[elmo makaroy]

right i have had a good long look around and i have found that it is the rocker cover on the right hand side cylinder head that is leaking, i beleive that when the garage adjusted my tappets they have not replaced gasket , just refitted the old one witch is know leaking,

my question is,

were can i get this gasket? (good quality) , and i cannot see any bolts on the rocker cover just a metal bar across the front of it, how do i remove the rocker cover?? is it just a case of prizing off this metal bar that goes across it? kinda like a ring pull jam jar??

thanks

[jason k]

gsf see the gaskets for about a quid.

i used to bed mine with a little grease, yup your right with the spring clip, just use a screwdriver to lever it.

[john1]

As Jason says,

And leaver it down the way. brute force needed when doing it back up.