VS Statesman

[statesmans]

1996 Vs Lb9

Runs Rough on startup recently
gotta give it some revs to stay running. anyway Bit worse today so turned it off and saw a puddle of oil
any advice on whats just happened? looked to be coming from around the filter or around the passenger side steering
any help appreciated!

 

[BlackVXGTS]

That is quite a lot of oil, mighty dark too, when was the last time you changed the oil?

 

[statesmans]

That is quite a lot of oil, mighty dark too, when was the last time you changed the oil?

3 Months ago, only been driven handful of times since, 200,xxx on the dash

 

[ephect]

Pop th3 bonnet and look to see where it's coming from. That's either a burst pipe, sump damage or the filter has wound loose

 

[Fu Manchu]

Everything in front of the filter looks dry. The underside is coated in oil. That suggests the oil is partly pressurised when it comes out.

I’d be looking at the oil filter first.

I would suggest to drop the oil too. That is looking far older than 10000kms. It’s black as. Is the rubber seal on the oil filter?

 

[statesmans]

Everything in front of the filter looks dry. The underside is coated in oil. That suggests the oil is partly pressurised when it comes out.

I’d be looking at the oil filter first.

I would suggest to drop the oil too. That is looking far older than 10000kms. It’s black as. Is the rubber seal on the oil filter?

thank you. i appreciate you insight i’ll have a look at the filter when i get home, was serviced just over 3 months ago and has only been driven a handful of times since. has been sitting for a while before then though

 

[Fu Manchu]

3 Months ago, only been driven handful of times since, 200,xxx on the dash

Who ever changed that oil, didn’t change the oil. You might have paid for the oil change but instead gave someone some money for nothing. There is no way in hell that oil is three months old even if it’s a daily.

 

[statesmans]

Who ever changed that oil, didn’t change the oil. You might have paid for the oil change but instead gave someone some money for nothing. There is no way in hell that oil is three months old even if it’s a daily.

goodyear auto care -_- anyway i’ll take it up with them on monday. filter came off just with my hand.. o-ring was sticking out a little. still learning on working on my own car so i imagine both of these are undesirable
also found this little snapped o ring, not sure where that’s come into play

 

[Fu Manchu]

It should be snugged up by hand. How ever it should be hard to remove by hand after a while. If you were able to undo it with little effort, likely there’s your problem. Hope so.

To clean that oil up, paper towels and then degreaser and the hose a few times. Then if it’s still there, degreaser and water, get some “Fatsorb” onto the ground. It’s the stuff you put in the tray in the BBQ. It can pull oil out of cement pretty well.

 

[Anthony .]

They haven’t double sealed it have they, where the original o ring/seal was left on the oil filter housing and they installed the new filter (w/ the seal)? It’s a common mistake