
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:05pm
Post Subject: Oil leakHi Tony, could you offer some advice please, last year whilst out on holiday the lift pump on my 1991 1.5 BMC engine developed a fuel leak, RCR were called out and they removed the pump to try and cure the leak, sorry to say they didn't totally stop the leak but in removing the pump caused another problem in as much that after refitting the pump an oil leak developed from where the pump sits on the engine block. When i returned to my moorings i removed the pump myself to sort out the fuel leak and noticed that the thin paper type gasket had been damaged when they removed the pump, in an attempt to cure the oil leak i purchased a couple of different gauge thickness of gasket paper, i first of all made a new gasket using the thinnest gauge first but this did not totally stop the oil leak, i then used the thicker gauge paper along with some instant gasket paste but again a slight oil leak is still visable, i made sure that both surfaces were clean and evidance of the old gasket were removed, i have managed to cure the fuel leak but the oil leak, although not serious is annoying, any ideas of what can be done, thank's, Alan.