slappy
Senior Member
I have just moved into a new house and the driveway is quiet a slope.
I parked up the other day and it rained very heavy for ages.
Later on that day I noticed a bit of an oil like substance running down the path. It appeared to be coming from the front of the car.
The car has been driving well and no noticeable issues. A quick google and I find a post similar to mine, car on a hill and heavy rain collects in the ( no idea what its called ) cladding like stuff under the car and overflows and does this. I opened the bonnet and I could see a bit of oil had splashed over the big plastic thing that sits on top of the engine and onto the underside of the bonnet. I thought maybe with the engine being hot and parked on an angle the rain water had come into contact and boiled a little. I can see no obvious leaks.
I parked it on the street as is flat since just keeping an eye on it. Later that day there was a small drop of oil near the front passenger wheel again I can see no leak opening the boot etc.
Since then its been fine. 2 weeks later and I roped it to Manchester yesterday. Had the consumers off line as its been stood, they came on within about ¼ of a mile.
Good run to Manchester and when i came back I got in the car and it said ABC drive carefully.
I turned it off and on and nothing, drove home with no issues. Still can’t see any oil leaks.
Car goes up and down no issues when I press the button and its never sagged.
Later that night I want out and it did it again ABC drive carefully, I turned it off and on and this time it stayed. I decided not to take it out and come on here.
I have just been out and check the fluid level and as far as I can tell it’s in the ranges, the oil does smell a bit burnt which is a surprise to me as it was replaced last year when I had the front struts refurbish in Liverpool, MBTech checked the filters and added clean oil when replacing them.
They did say that it doesn’t go to full pressure, 180 psu I think it should be and and mine was about 110psu from memory so they did say at some point the pump would need replacing.
I have had a good read on here and I’m a bit confused, I clearly must have had some kind of leak as its splashed on the underside of the bonnet and across the big plastic grey thing.
Sorry to be a bit vague
Any ideas / quick wins / things to check? I am not very good with cars. I did see a simple low cost washer post, finger crossed it’s something like that and now a new ABC pump or strut
I parked up the other day and it rained very heavy for ages.
Later on that day I noticed a bit of an oil like substance running down the path. It appeared to be coming from the front of the car.
The car has been driving well and no noticeable issues. A quick google and I find a post similar to mine, car on a hill and heavy rain collects in the ( no idea what its called ) cladding like stuff under the car and overflows and does this. I opened the bonnet and I could see a bit of oil had splashed over the big plastic thing that sits on top of the engine and onto the underside of the bonnet. I thought maybe with the engine being hot and parked on an angle the rain water had come into contact and boiled a little. I can see no obvious leaks.
I parked it on the street as is flat since just keeping an eye on it. Later that day there was a small drop of oil near the front passenger wheel again I can see no leak opening the boot etc.
Since then its been fine. 2 weeks later and I roped it to Manchester yesterday. Had the consumers off line as its been stood, they came on within about ¼ of a mile.
Good run to Manchester and when i came back I got in the car and it said ABC drive carefully.
I turned it off and on and nothing, drove home with no issues. Still can’t see any oil leaks.
Car goes up and down no issues when I press the button and its never sagged.
Later that night I want out and it did it again ABC drive carefully, I turned it off and on and this time it stayed. I decided not to take it out and come on here.
I have just been out and check the fluid level and as far as I can tell it’s in the ranges, the oil does smell a bit burnt which is a surprise to me as it was replaced last year when I had the front struts refurbish in Liverpool, MBTech checked the filters and added clean oil when replacing them.
They did say that it doesn’t go to full pressure, 180 psu I think it should be and and mine was about 110psu from memory so they did say at some point the pump would need replacing.
I have had a good read on here and I’m a bit confused, I clearly must have had some kind of leak as its splashed on the underside of the bonnet and across the big plastic grey thing.
Sorry to be a bit vague
Any ideas / quick wins / things to check? I am not very good with cars. I did see a simple low cost washer post, finger crossed it’s something like that and now a new ABC pump or strut
