Hi

Got a 2008 1.2 liter 3 cyliner BZG engine. Only 110000 km. Its leaking oil. The issue is that the engine is totally dry. Front, left, right and back. Can not find one drip of oil. However the linkarm (right ride of car) and about 1 meter rear is totally soaked and i notice about 1-2 dl oil gone on 100-200 km driving. It only comes out after driving so stop dripping once stop.

I cant see any house, pipe etc above the linkarm. Again nothing on the backside of the engine. Tray, belt side etc. Attaching two photoes. one from below the link arm and you can see its wet and oil have sprayed rear on the chassie. ALso a bad photo on the back of the engine. No oil what so ever.

Any ideas? Thanks guys

It must be coming from somewhere. Check the join between engine and gearbox in case its the crank seal that gone and it getting blown backwards

Alasdair

Could it actually be gearbox oil from the RH driveshaft seal?

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No i had an engine oil low light last week and I see engine oil dropping after falling up. Its totally dry on the gearbox side.

I'll have a look at my car this evening, to see if I can make some suggestions.

Check timing cover and also PCV. Cant think of anything else if the engine block has no signs of leaks. Have a look at the oil pressure switch in case its leaking and oil is traveling down wiring and missing engine block

Alasdair

PCV i assume is next to the oil lid on top of the engine with a plasic hose to the intake manifold? Its all dry and no oil there. Timing cover looks super dry. Should see oil coming from it.

Its so strange how the engine and everything above the right side link arm/stearing rod is dry. It basically start down at the arm just under the stearing rod. At first i thought it was stearing fluid but its not. Connection and the gasquet to the stearing rod is dry. And i guess the stearing fluid would be empty by now and engine oil going down as i drive.

Odd problem :)

I just had a look and didn't really have any great ideas.

Please come back to tell us if you ever figure it out.

Could be engine is burning oil and its gearbox oil as warrior said. The only other thing (long shot I know) would be brake/clutch fluid. Maybe pop it into a friendly garage and get them to put it on their lift to see if they can track down where its coming from. Oil has a habit of appearing a good bit away from where it started.

The driveshaft that's in his second photo looks completely dry to me.

two photes of the driveshaft from above and the stearing gasquet. Its totally dry on driveshaft and above the stearing gasquet. Also the stearing connections are dry. This is opposite side of gearbox. Gearbox side is dry.

Third photo is aver the linkarm. Some newly sprayed bodypaint but you can see a section that is oilwet. So the oil is def hitting that area but i cant figure out how. It must be rinning from, most likely, above.

I will be giving it to a workshop for fault search. Shall keep you posted :) Thanks help so far.

Have you checked the power steering fluid level?

No will do that tomorrow. Bit annars to get to ubder the battery

Take left front wheel off and loosen front half of wheel arch liner. You can probably see from there.