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Hi Huw! Sorry, will do photo tomorrow. It looks like the leak is also at the block BUT I have a good pressure reading at the dash. Quite a lot of oil being lost. Cheers all! JB

The leak is under the rubber boot, not on the block side.....

Thanks Huw! I've 'tightened it' but it's just a T shaped push in fitting.....🤷‍♂️

Hi all! It's been a while, which means I haven't spent any money. So that's nice. I have a leak in what looks like an oil sensor? Just above the filter? Any idea as to a good fix? Many thanks and stay well all! JB

Finished result! Two of the bolts are not correct though! Anyone have any spare valve cover bolts!?

A single A is stamped 👍

I love this site! Thanks Jon 🤘

Thanks Alik. I certainly did mean valve cover. Just a slip of the typing whilst thinking about other things 👍 I don't have any of those tools but will put those jobs on the list for next time. How would I tell if the cam is stock or not? Codes etc? Many thanks! Cheers 🍻 PS Progress so far...

Sorry! That is obviously correct 😂 HEAD is coming off next to change the HEAD gasket! 👍

Excellent!Thanks Jon. I thought so too. The original owner was a professional extreme rally driver from Holland. Paris-Dakar type stuff so I feel like it has all been tinkered with before. Onwards and upwards!

Took the cylinder head off to have a look, replace gasket and paint the cover. Looks bloody good! Very clean and gasket looked good too! What do you think? Cheers 🍻

She's ALIIIVEE. ALIIIIVEEEE!! One metre of hose for 6 euros and we're back in business! PHEW! I thought this repair was sure to bankrupt me when the breakdown happened! I'm going to replace all hoses on the fuel circuit as a precautionary measure and have ordered cylinder head gasket and oil...

Thanks Bazz. Yessir, I have an order in already. Here is the culprit. Very bad! Some of the marks look like knife scoring!? Cheers 🍻

Sooooo, it was a fuel leak. I thought the initial smell was more petrol than oil but I guess the fuel cleaned off lots of the gunk and grime on its way to the ground, thus appearing dark. The leak is just in the little rubber connectors on the fuel lines so fingers crossed it’s a €5 fix. May...

Thanks Huw! You’re an absolute diamond!