Oil changes

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Elly

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Every time I am within a 100 kms for a oil change, it starts to leak on the driveway. Strange to see, any one else have this trouble? Not really trouble but Strange.
 

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LOL, marking its territory?

Can you see where the leak originates?
 

Paul Dalby

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Don't know if yours is a diesel, but my CRD does (or did) something similar - in that the oil thinned out every 3 -6 months and needed an oil change. In my case, over fueling diluting the oil, due to injector blow by - once injectors re-seated, thinned oil issue stopped. It increased an engine main crank seal leak and also caused the engine to burn oil which ceased with oil change.
 

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Don't know if yours is a diesel, but my CRD does (or did) something similar - in that the oil thinned out every 3 -6 months and needed an oil change. In my case, over fueling diluting the oil, due to injector blow by - once injectors re-seated, thinned oil issue stopped. It increased an engine main crank seal leak and also caused the engine to burn oil which ceased with oil change.
A plugged "hockey puck" (CCV(?) on the cam cover/intake above the exhaust cam) can plug up and overpressure the crankcase causing leaks. There's also a drain hole in the camifold below the hockey puck that can plug.

The CRD oil drain plugs need a copper washer to seal properly. Threads in the cast aluminum pan get stripped out often. ID-Parts or Sasquatch sold regular hex-head pan bolts last time I looked or you can replace the plug with a Fumoto quick drain. Fumoto #102 for a pan with good oem threads or Fumoto #104 for destroyed threads; the #104 needs drilling and tapping. There's a recent thread "Oil Drain Plug" that I listed drill and tap sizes in.
 

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