M50 oil sump leak?

[anonymous1]

Hi,

Thanks for the all the info. As you say Whisky, not really got any room at the back of the engine to lift it, unless I remove the rail first... It was good fun trying to get to enough of it to prise out the old reg!

I put more oil in yesterday, only took 1.5L and I'm now showing 3/4 on the good ol' dipstick again! Think I'll be keeping a closer eye on it from now on to see how quickly I'm losing it. If not too bad, then I might wait on the gasket change. I'm not leaving oil behind me when I park; it just seems to end up all over the transmission and in turn me when I get underneath.

I've checked all the bolts that I could see... and they seemed to be very tight, decided not to mess with them too much though at risk of making it worse. At the moment there seems to be a build up of crud around the base of the dipstick... Not sure if this is at all relevant?

Jon - On the method you mention, can you give anymore details? It sounds very straight forward, but from being underneath yesterday, it seems very cramped. Would I have to worry about damaging anything by trying to slide the sump off, without the engine raised and getting the other parts out of the way?

Thanks again, all help is appreciated.