Not a good start to the day. About 1/2 mile past a garage, oil light comes on. Turn around, back to garage. Put oil in 1600 Aircooled and this happens. Appear to have lost a bolt on the filter housing, which is where it is coming from. Is this common? Likely to be terminal? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It would - especially as I’m meant to be taking the kids away in it this weekend Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Look on the bright side, find another bolt and screw it in with some fresh oil and you have half done a service ready for the weekend.
Losing a nice looking mirror carp at the net well over 20lb last night is a bad day, replacing a bolt and refilling with oil is an ok day
I think that bolt has a nut on the inside of the case holding the oil pick up pipe in place......to do it right the plate has to come off...
About 1/2 mile - until I could safely pull over. £2k recon engine on the way then Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I think that's a lesson learned. It was unusual that one of the bolts fell out and suggests it may have been loose for some time and probably leaking oil all the while, until eventually it fell out. We learn lessons, I will be checking my bolts are tight. I check my oil level before each trip as I am old school.
I check my oil daily, like you - will be checking those bolts in future too. Engine and gearbox are the only bits I haven’t rebuilt myself..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
