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Could someone enlighten me please. Van started leaving a little puddles like a puppy before toilet training. Happens after a longer drives. I've narrowed it down to a black cylinder under the engine. Would that be an oil pump?
Clutch is on the way out anyways so it's good opportunity to do both.

Thanks

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A "black cylinder under the engine" sounds odd. Pushrod tube? There are four each side and you shouldn't be able to see them as they should be covered by tin guards.
The oil pump is central, below and behind the crankshaft pulley.

Searched through Google lense. It comes up with motor starter pictures which makes sense shape and location wise.

Posting on a phone at the campsite. Will try to work out photo upload when back home

Cheers

Gmail received. Yes thats your starter motor. The engine/transaxle joint looks quite oily so it may be that the crankshaft/flywheel seal is leaking.
It is flinging oil out, off the back of the flywheel.
Quite common but also a big job for the inexperienced.

The oil is leaking before the starter motor. Clean it up with brake cleaner and get another look.
Could be crankshaft seal, could be something else. Needs cleaning up and checking again.

Ah ok thanks for that silverbullet and mioba

Will clean it up just to make sure before taking to the garage. I think I'll leave to professionals this time.

Clutch is slipping like mad, I guess could be well oiled by now?

If the clutch is slipping like mad then its proabably soaked in oil so replace that with a new one as well. The engine main seal is probably shot or the input shaft seal on the gearbox could have gone, but youd get a fairly rancid smell from the oil if that was the case as trans oil stinks.

Stesaw wrote: ↑19 Jul 2026, 11:26 If the clutch is slipping like mad then its proabably soaked in oil so replace that with a new one as well. The engine main seal is probably shot or the input shaft seal on the gearbox could have gone, but youd get a fairly rancid smell from the oil if that was the case as trans oil stinks.

Thanks Stesaw

Yeah everything's pointing to those seals. Probably not gearbox, smells like standard engine oil.

Booked into garage, don't think it's something I can do on the drive by myself

Hi All,

So long story short it was gearbox rebuild in the end     Was riding dry and that did it.

Question about seals. My mechanic struggling to source them. According to them engine side and spigot bearing seals is needed. They tried Heritage Centre but no luck. 
Anyone knows part number etc? Any help much appreciated 

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Sure they come in gearbox seal kit from Febi.
Anyhow Aiden will be along shortly

mioba wrote: ↑02 Sep 2026, 14:27 Sure they come in gearbox seal kit from Febi.
Anyhow Aiden will be along shortly

Perfect, thanks mioba I'll check it out 

gearbox insput shaft oil seal 113 311 113 A or D, make sure it is pressed in below flush by a couple of mm to the stop point

spigot bearing 111 105 313 A has a felt oil seal in the back of the flywheel 021 105 311 , there's an o ring oil seal also in the back of the flywheel 021 105 279 and might as well replace the crank oil seal in the engine 029 105 245 whilst flywheel is off and check the condition of the case pressed steel bungs as sometimes they corrode through and leak oil.

Brickwerks have all the bits, pretty easy to find, garage just need a nudge in the right direction