Well, i gotcha all - you thought it\'d blown up didnt you :P
Coming onto the M1 at brent cross after ace cafe, just about to floor it and go for gold on the open road and...oil pressure drops, defi gauge beeping.
Sorry about pics, camera phone.
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RX looking sad :(
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These oil filter pedestals have a known problem with this happeneing, the manufacturer recalled them to fix them, but i wasnt about to send mine back to the US to get it fixed. Ill just weld the post back in tomorrow.
Worst news is the whole side of my engine, subframe, bottom of car and some of the transmission has had 3 litres of oil sprinkled over it! Right after a fresh rebuild and freshly painted block no leaks.Time to invest in a steam cleaner methinks...
It coulda been worse...alot worse
Yep! glad it wasnt...thankfully my defi gauges warned me INSTANTLY
lucky lucky man. hope all is fixed ok
mate that is such a shame that happened after u just spent all that time rebuildin the engine!!! like everyone is sayin tho it could have been alot worse!!!
One good thing though......... you wont need to wax oil the underside!!!