antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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What can cause the outside of the sump to be covered in oil? It didnt look like it had dripped to much on the driveway.
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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gasket
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J4M13
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Registered: 15th Apr 06
Location: Bacup (Rossendale)
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its a vauxhall, its supposed to be like that 
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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sump gasket, timing belt gasket, basically any of the seals on the engine as the oil will make its way down to the sump before droping
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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its a vw tdi btw, would a sump gasket be costly?
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Liam
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Stafford
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I've got the same problem on my car atm, it likely its the sump gasket, also it could be a rocker gasket as the oil will drip down the engine, like John said.
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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its not the seals and gaskets that are costly, its the labour, as they will charge you for about 8 hours labour. as they will find the cause trip the part/engine down, replace the part, put the engine back together, then they like to run the call up to temperature and leave it running for a while to make sure its stil not leaking
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