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Car Forum / BMW Cars / April 20041997 328i oil leak
I just noticed a few oil spots under my car this weekend and my wife said it smelled like I was burning oil when following me this morning. Any ideas on what may cause this? Sound expensive? > I just noticed a few oil spots under my car this weekend and my wife said > it smelled like I was burning oil when following me this morning. Any > ideas on what may cause this? Sound expensive? Can you supply any other details? It would be helpful to know the mileage, amount of maintenance performed, etc. Without these, this is largely conjecture. You likely have a small amount of oil leaking onto something very hot - exhaust manifold or pipes. It could be a simple as your valve cover gasket, which is a cheap fix. >I just noticed a few oil spots under my car this weekend and my wife said >it smelled like I was burning oil when following me this morning. Any >ideas on what may cause this? Sound expensive? Hve a good look at the back of your engine, preferabley just when the car came back from above 4000 rpm driving. Now what do you see there? Look specifically at where the block and head meet.  SignatureUsenet special: on cases of any filters for BMW: http://u.bmwz.org http://www.mbz.org | Mailing lists: http://lists.mbz.org 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | Orkut:RS79 Classifieds: http://ads.mbz.org 2 X 280SE | Watches list: http://watches.list.mbz.org > I just noticed a few oil spots under my car this weekend and my wife said > it smelled like I was burning oil when following me this morning. Any > ideas on what may cause this? Sound expensive? One common leak point is where the power steering pipes meet the reservoir. Easily seen when you look for it. ;-) Signature*Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. Dave Plowman dave.sound@argonet.co.uk London SW 12 RIP Acorn Thanks for the resonse everyone. It's a 97 328 with 78,000 miles. Dealer maintained with all service records. The car has been worry free except the brake light circuit error. (It started this winter and it's been too damn cold for me to want to fix it) :) I took a peek last night and it does appear to be coming from where the power steering pipes meet up with the reservoir. I'm hoping to get home a little earlier tonight to get a better look. > Thanks for the resonse everyone. It's a 97 328 with 78,000 miles. Dealer > maintained with all service records. The car has been worry free except [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > power steering pipes meet up with the reservoir. I'm hoping to get home a > little earlier tonight to get a better look. That is a very common problem. Take off the crimp type hose clamps and replace with appropriately sized screw clamps available practically anywhere. Inspect the ends of the PS hoses while you are at it (as best you can without removing from the resevoir). But they are probably fine... -Fred W > That is a very common problem. Take off the crimp type hose clamps and > replace with appropriately sized screw clamps available practically > anywhere. Inspect the ends of the PS hoses while you are at it (as best > you can without removing from the resevoir). But they are probably > fine... When this recently happened to my 528, I asked the dealer to sort it while it was in for a service. They charged 70 gbp for removing cleaning and re-fitting. But the leak was still there. And on inspection (by me), the crimps hadn't been touched, let alone replaced. Nor had they cleaned anything. On complaining, they said they'd need the car back to assess what new parts would be needed, and order them in. I removed the crimp and replaced it with a worm drive clip. I complained to BMW UK about this and other matters concerning the service, but they made no comment about this part. So if you're in the UK, avoid Cooper. Signature*Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson" * Dave Plowman dave.sound@argonet.co.uk London SW 12 RIP Acorn > So if you're in the UK, avoid Cooper. Dunno which one you went to but avoid Cooper Cobham! > > So if you're in the UK, avoid Cooper. > Dunno which one you went to but avoid Cooper Cobham! Cooper Wimbledon. Seems to be a pattern here. ;-) Signature*Give me ambiguity or give me something else. Dave Plowman dave.sound@argonet.co.uk London SW 12 RIP Acorn > Thanks for the resonse everyone. It's a 97 328 with 78,000 miles. Dealer > maintained with all service records. The car has been worry free except [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > power steering pipes meet up with the reservoir. I'm hoping to get home a > little earlier tonight to get a better look. I fixed the same problem by adding a second hose clamp below the factory one, since the inside peice extends far enough into the hose for the second clamp to bite safely. -Russ. Well I've been too busy to take another look so I dropped it off at the dealer today and figured I'd just eat the couple hundred they were going to charge me to fix it. They just called and say it's either the oil pan gasket or main rear seal. They couldn't tell without pulling the tranny. Damn! |
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