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Billy
 Post subject: Mega Loss of Oil
PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:51 pm 
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I brought the MPi in for its NCT retest which it passed and was on my way home when there was a sound like gravel underneath the car so I pulled in pronto. Once I stopped, there was a huge pool of oil underneath the car, apparently coming from behind the gearbox. I got home a spin home and came back with my transporter. Once I had added some oil, the engine started up normally and I was able to select reverse and first and drive it up onto the transporter.

Now that it's home, I looked underneath and there's no obvious hole but clearly something has caused it to lose all its all.

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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:35 pm 
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Gear selector seal maybe ????? :?

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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:41 pm 
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Is this a result of the most pot holed roads in the world Johnny took us on yesterday I wonder ???
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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:20 pm 
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Could be the diff breaking up or a diff bearing
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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:22 pm 
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Are we automatically talking engine out here?
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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:47 pm 
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I would be with Bert on this sounds like the dif pin has let go top it up to the max mark with oil and take it for a very short spin if it pulls to the left or right then I would be almost certin the dif pin has or is letting go.
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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:28 pm 
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Sounds like diff,weak spot on MPi's.

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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
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engine out billy, you ll have it done in a day
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:58 am 
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It took him 4 months to get the Cooper drive shaft fixed :roll:

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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
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[quote="The Marcos Graveyard"]It took him 4 months to get the Cooper drive shaft fixed :roll:[/quote]

Says the man who took a decade to build the Marcos. :twisted: And I know it was you who fixed the driveshaft in the end but you were there when it broke also.

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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
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And it was on his side too!
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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:26 pm 
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Erem it was only 6 years to build the Marcos.
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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
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u walked into that one neil :D :D
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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
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methinks people in plastic cars shouldnt throw engine parts! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:36 am 
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The hardy spicer coupling has 8 nuts to undo and replace, so thats an average of 2 nuts per month, or 336 hours per nut. :shock:

So I'd expect the engine to be out of the car by mid 2011. :twisted:

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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
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Lads,

Your support in my hour of need is touching. All I need is another club event that Neil needs a Mini for and I'll get the diff fixed for free.

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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:29 pm 
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Poured some oil into it just now and the oil leak is very obvious. The sump is badly cracked!
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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
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ah sh!t, thats some pain! hope ya get it sorted soon

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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
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Billy wrote:
Poured some oil into it just now and the oil leak is very obvious. The sump is badly cracked!
ouch... new box then. i wonder how that happened.
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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 4:10 pm 
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Something internal must have let go. Either way, yes it's change the gearbox time. I'll stay with the MPI 'box as the long gearing makes for easy cruising.
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 Post subject: Re: Mega Loss of Oil
PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:11 pm 
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something proper must have gone bang to crack your sump, I still blame those shocking potholes
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