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Old 28th September 2019, 07:11 PM
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Thanks for that MJ

So I've sprayed loads of degreaser down the back of the engine and rinsed it off with a watering can, repeating a number of times.

Not counting my chickens, but I believe the leak may already be fixed by the previous repair. I've taken a photo and will drive it again tomorrow and see if anything happens down there but I could not see any fresh oil anyway.

Now bare with me.

Today has been humid, so with the A/C on the system would have had to work hard to remove the moisture from the air. I think what we were seeing dripping was the AC doing its thing, but picking up some of this previously leaked oil and dropping it on the floor.

Why do I think that, well the car has spent 12 hours parked on my mums driveway, and there should be a significant amount of oil based on the earlier drip rate, on the drive but there isn't, in fact I dont think there is any really visible oil at all, and earlier I reversed out the concrete floor parking space down in Tesco and what was under the car looked very watery.

That and the oil level is still on max having driven more than 200 miles since getting the car.

So hopefully it's just the sticking brake sliding pins on the offside front and the rear springs that need attention.
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