Hello all :)

I'm new here, and am looking for some advice.

I have recently bought a 1999 Focus estate CL 1.8l TDI. She's my first car (passed my test last October). I absolutely adore her, she's brilliant :D

She has an oil leak coming from somewhere, the leak is so slow however that I don't have to top up the oil level. The engine is filthy because of it. Just a bit of oil underneath her when she's been resting. Looking at the M.O.T. advisories, she's had this problem for some years now. Anyway, my neighbour jacked her up last night and had a look. We think it is a seal that's to blame. The problem is, I can't figure out what the part is!! lol

The Hayne's manual does not tell me anything either, but it is a screw-cap thing and it's seated under the bottom-right of the coolant expansion tank. Can anyone please tell me what it is? Pretty please :D

Thanks

Emma

any chance of a pic of this 'screw cap' part?

the best thing to do with oil leaks where everything is a mess is to clean it off with a good degreaser, and from there you should find the source after it running for a short time

Hi Stef

I hope this pic works (circled the "thing" in red)

awww heck hang on lol

I can't work out how to annotate it, so will try to explain. The coolant expansion tank is labelled 1. The part in question is underneath the bottom right of the coolant expansion tank. You should be able to make out a reservoir with a screw cap? It doesn't say what this part is anywhere in the manual :(

is it possibly power steering? sorry but i cant really make it out.

How about taking a photo of it , at least we can see exactly what it is then

Hope this makes it clearer

thats the engine mount mate, I believe they are oil filled but not enough to cover everything in a coat of the stuff. is it possible its gathered on the mount?

It seems to be coming from the seal and dripping down

just looked on mine and the cap just lifts off, if the seal is fine then it might be worth checking the pipe from the steering fluid reservoir,(if you look under the expansion tank you will see it as its the only pipe there)