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Leak in heavy rain

  • 18-11-2023 6:57pm
    #1
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,821 ✭✭✭✭


    Not sure what is going on

    I have a 2015 Octavia and every time it rains really heavy over night & next time I start up the car if I sit in the same spot there'll be a patch under the engine

    It only happens when I start it up ,

    So I'll come out start her up & move and there'll be a patch of oul/diesel under the egine, But when I get it checked during the week there no leak to be found

    There's no egine light on & still oil in the car , I'm baffled, I even parked it in a different spot but the same thing happens after a nights rain



Comments

  • #2
    ofcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,415 ✭✭✭ofcork


    Would there have been oil spilled at one stage and the rain washing it down strange alright?



  • #3
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,821 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Maybe , it got an oil change about a month ago,

    It's very very strange ,



  • #4
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,821 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Seem now there is a problem ,

    I checked the oil this morning & itwas very low, So I topped it up with oil & looked like literally just poured the oil straight to the ground must be a leak in the oil pan



  • #5
    Buffman
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388018#Comment_121388018

    Ye, don't drive it without oil or you'll wreck it.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121385427#Comment_121385427

    Sounds like they didn't put the sump plug back in correctly and it's now gone/failed, that'd be where I would look first. Engines don't just randomly start peeing oil for no reason, there has to be a substantial hole somewhere. You'd only get an small drop if it was a failing seal or something.

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  • #6
    greasepalm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,483 ✭✭✭greasepalm


    Diesel you said have you looked around the engine compartment for wet stains around the oil filter and oil light switch. Sure enough dipstick tubes fail also. Is there a splash shield under the sump or exposed.

    Oil leak is a leak and does not matter if wet or dry.



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