some say no, others say yes. I always ahve, makes it much easier. just remove the gearbox mounts and lower it by a few inches on a crane, make sure no wires or hoses are stretched.

oh Sh*t, does the engine have to come down to get the gearbox off? c16xe!

other side will require the gearbox and flywheel to be removed. really annoying job, get an engine crane.

ok thanks dave, it's the other side to that that is worse, where the oil pump seal, will do that too.

sound like a dum bass i do

thats the crank seal. remove the covers and have a look round that area will be obvious if its leaking.

yer, i done that yesterday. seems fine.




the orange seal in the pic, is that the crank shaft seal and not the oil pump seal ?

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sure its not thr rocker cover gasket?

loosing about half a shot glass full after every drive.

i'm certain its the crankshaft oil seal. gonna get that sorted.

will try and get a rubber for that whole stu if it helps.

will have to do an idle/run and then see if i can get it on my mates ramp.

also - do we know how much oil you are actually loosing?

I just did the sump gasket on my sisters tigra but also noticed that there is just a crappy rubber plug above it which looked like it may have been leaking.

Oil pump is on at the bottom of the engine cam belt side

try to clean it completely.

Take it for a small idle&run.

jack it up and look for the highest point you can see!

checked the sump pan and nut and am sure it's not that, maybe oil dripping onto it as it's the lowest point in the engine.

thinking of replacing the oil pump seal, but dont know where the oil pump is :! lol

OK, so where exactly is the oil coming from now?

yes my car still spitting out oil after the head gasket,cam shaft oil seals and new sump have been put on.

crank shaft oil seals are next, but there's oil coming off the manifold inline with the sump plug.

any ideas/ help appreciated.

thanks