Bugger!! Found an oil leak :( Any pointers please?

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Bugger!! Found an oil leak :( Any pointers please?

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Whilst working on the bus today I noticed a small patch of oil underneath on the road, looked up, and can see the area its coming from, but don't know its actual location exactly due to the oil running down behind the shielding. See photo below to see what I mean which should help.

Photo taken from LH Drivers side (Oil filter side).

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Hope someone can help diagnose where this leak is coming from so I can look into fixing it.

Thanks in advance!
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Can't quite tell from the picture what angle it is from? maybe better seeing from underneeth. it looks a simiar spot to mine which are the push rod tubes at the opposite end to the rocker cover?

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I will get a better photo for you tomorrow my friend, thanks for your reply :ok
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take the cover off and look for yourself!
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is it the same side as the oil pressure switch sometimes they leak oil but still work ok :ok :ok

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kevtherev wrote:take the cover off and look for yourself!

Will do, just need to figure out how to do so :oops: Think its the retainer bar, plus 4 bolts?

T25daisy wrote:is it the same side as the oil pressure switch sometimes they leak oil but still work ok :ok :ok

Yes, its the oil pressure switch side, and as it happens my oil light has recently started to come on at idle too, so this may well be related, so will order a new sensor, and gasket. :ok
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