Oil leak found.

[Mad4slalom]

Hi again, well the oil leak that I was thinking was possibly s rear main seal showed itself today . It is the oil pressure gauge line where the thin copper pipe enters the gland nut on the block, it is pushing out there and running down the back of the block and over the outside of the bellhousing. I have not yet tried to see if the nut will tighten up a bit. Any ideas how to reach this? I was wondering if a crows foot wrench might get in there. The kits are now supplied with a plastic line I think, anyone tackled this job ? Looks a bit of a pain, is it hard to get the oil pressure gauge out and re fitted. Any tips or suggestions welcome, TiA

 

[teamzr1]

There is a fitting that goes over the end of the copper tube
When nut is tightened, causes fitting to compress and prevent tube to pulling backwards and prevent leaking

 

[Roscobbc]

One of the the very early 'issues' I had with my Vette some 20+ years ago was a severed copper oil gauge capillery line. What a mess that created. I simply bought a new replacement 'kit' with varying 'ends' to suit a multitude of vehicles - and yes it was nylon . Can't remember having major issues accessing the engine end of the line - I remember the under-dash part was the usual challenge of lying on your back and trying not to disturb any wires leading dashboard lighting etc......can't recall if I removed the drivers seat.