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Pulling my hair out with this one! W210 OM613 turbo removed to check for faults and give it a clean, fairly straight forward. All bolted back together however the oil feed line (turbo side is banjo bolt, engine side is E8 or E10) leaks at the engine block. The bolt was removed but the pipe...

Noticed a few times everytime I put fuel in I notice a puddle on the floor, but once i drive off its fine as I tried to check when I park at home and see if there is still a leak but there wasn't any, so next time I topped up I looked can see drops coming down. I do not top up to the top...

Dear new forum friends, please help me with internet diacnostic :) I have a 2011 viano V6 cdi (om642 engine / 722.683 tranny). All and all, it runs and beahves well, but i have a mystery cooalnt leak. It was purchased from germany with rapaired front end accident damage. At first the...

I took off the plastic engine cover that goes over the oil filler cap and noticed that there was loads of old crappy oil around the base of filler cap. It looks like its coming from the gasket which I think is the cam cover? Any ideas? There is no oil on my garage floor but its obviously...

Mercedes vito 113 t reg 1999 petrol I have a gearbox oil leak from the thrust bearings I think it's making the gearbox a bit stiff with no play what should I do it still drives there's a occasional noise from the bearings when driven but when I press the clutch down it disappears Please help

Guys before l go down the route of booking the in for a SBC, would a leaking break pipe cause the SBC unit to stop working? The car currently has the red Reduced braking sign and beeping warning as you would expect. I have had no error warnings regarding the SBC come up? Car being collected...

Hi - Posted this over on pistonheads but thought I would try for thoughts here too! Hope that is ok - tried a quick search here but didn't see anything. Have just had my large B service done at an Indy (DDR surrey, very friendly, good value, have STAR, good service and a quality result so...

Hi Everyone. I have owned an MY10 C63 AMG for 3 and a half years now but when I took the car in for its annual service I was infomed there was an oil leak possibly from the oil cooler. I took it in yesterday for a full hour diagnostic which I was charged £144. I have been quoted a total of...

I've had an oil leak on the front of the engine since I bought it 3 1/2 years ago but it's never bothered me as it isn't serious.... Hoever I'm now moving on to my next job of tidying up the rest of the engine bay so am thinking it's time to get it sorted. It's from the top somewhere - couple...

Hi everyone I tried replacing the thermostat on my car tonight with disastrous side effects!! One of the pipe snapped clean off It's the one that come from the right of the engine!! It starts on top at what looks like a little white hand primer then goes along the fuel and into the front of...

My 300TE-24 wants more money :-( There are a couple of symptoms: A smell of petrol inside the car. I lifted the bonnet tonight when I got home and there was a fuel leak under the air cleaner on something that joins the inlet manifold forward of it. When it's being driven in traffic, if...

Hi all, Ive noticed a small amount of oil on driveway where I park the car. I lifted the bonnet and can see there is oil leaking at the front of the engine, close to the serpantine belt. Does anyone have an idea what/where this is from? Im worried incase its the headgasket/seal. The...

Got a problem with my 3 year old C250 CDI keeps losing water coolant! I have had it repaired once by MB main dealers but it is still loosing water Is this a common fault? Any help would be great.

Hi all, I've got a strangely intermittent diesel leak on a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2.7 CRD (believe it's the same engine as an ML270 CDI). Essentially engine had Black Death which I fixed and engine was running sweet with no leaks or smells. Drove it around for a week until Saturday morning when...

Hi again... Could a STAR diag machine pinpoint source of a gas leak at component level, ie condenser, pump etc? I have a leak and can't locate it with dye as not able to pressurise the system sufficiently via a canister due to the large escape of the refrigerant and the short operation of the...

Coming from an Elise to a Merc I didn't expect to be finding leaks like this. Anyway, I've found the problem, both drain tubes at either side of the boot were full, so blocked. I took a hose into the drivers side after feeding some coaxial cable down as far as I could and poking around. The...

I cleaned off the sump and lower part of the engine last weekend to pursue an elusive oil leak that's getting me into trouble with the Mrs....... It seems that the oil is leaking down the front corner of the sump from below / behind the alternator bracket - it's difficult to tell exactly. It...

Sprinter (55 plate) is loosing coolant through the overflow (via bottle test), replaced the radiator cap but it's still coming out of the overflow pipe. Temp staying at around 80 or just under so it's not overheating. Any ideas/suggestions greatly welcomed. Thanks

Hi all I have a year old A200 W176 which I bought as a insurance right off .It had only bodywork damage ,but nothing wrong with the motor .It has been running fine for 3000kms now since the accident (tot 11 450kms ) but has always been down on power .The turbo doesnt seem to be kicking in .I...

Can anyone advise where the following oil leaks are from and what i need to do fix them and any replacement parts that would be required.