S124 engine problem

[Roamer]

Folks,

I'd appreciate your collective wisdom on what the attached pictures may show on my engine. It's the near side, near the bottom of the block.

I was travelling on the motorway , symptoms were a feeling that something had let go, a smell of burning oil, white cloud behind me, then the engine seemed to get warmer. No gunk in either the coolant or the oil filler.

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/roamer_photo/S124/DSCF0495.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/roamer_photo/S124/DSCF0496.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/roamer_photo/S124/DSCF0499.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb71/roamer_photo/S124/DSCF0505.jpg

Thanks

 

[Martyn_n]

That's a strange one. Was the white cloud from the exhaust or just form under the bonnet? Could it be a loss of Air con gas from the compressor?

 

[mauno]

wow! I can put you on my sds if you in essex

 

[Roamer]

Thanks Manou but I'm up in Scotland.

The cloud was from the rear of the car, my feeling is that it was fluid hitting a hot exhaust. There are drips beneath the car, but they are light, not oily. None of the fluid in the engine bay seems to have gone down though.