For the last 10 days, after putting the car away, I have noticed one/two small drops of oil on the garage floor which have dripped off the roll bar that runs under the bell housing/crankcase joint.
I took the car to a local indy and he thought at first that I might have overfilled the resevoir. He ran the already hot engine at 4000 for about 7-10 minutes until the temp gauge was pointing up to the sky and the o/s sill and front wing were hot to the touch and the front/rear fans were on full tilt. When he let the revs drop, the oil gauge registered just below the top of the upper range after a few moments. He thought that it was not overfilled but not to do it again (!)
He then examined the car and checked the top breather and the area around it in case any oil had been expelled and had run down around the bell housing, but it was all dry. Then he looked at the bottom of the bell housing and it was slighly wet, with fresh oil ready to drip.
Wiped it off and told me to have a new RMS fitted. About £700 plus a new clutch etc. if required.
Drove home (about 20 miles), put the car away. No drips at all since then.
Strange?
Migration info. Legacy thread was 77148
I took the car to a local indy and he thought at first that I might have overfilled the resevoir. He ran the already hot engine at 4000 for about 7-10 minutes until the temp gauge was pointing up to the sky and the o/s sill and front wing were hot to the touch and the front/rear fans were on full tilt. When he let the revs drop, the oil gauge registered just below the top of the upper range after a few moments. He thought that it was not overfilled but not to do it again (!)
He then examined the car and checked the top breather and the area around it in case any oil had been expelled and had run down around the bell housing, but it was all dry. Then he looked at the bottom of the bell housing and it was slighly wet, with fresh oil ready to drip.
Wiped it off and told me to have a new RMS fitted. About £700 plus a new clutch etc. if required.
Drove home (about 20 miles), put the car away. No drips at all since then.
Strange?
Migration info. Legacy thread was 77148