Brigsy
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So my little runabout clio 1.5dci has sprung an oil leak and has started to pepper the drive with oil drips. Looked today and the oil was dripping out of the banjo bolt that holds the 90deg piece of alloy to the water/oil cooler (think i disturbed it slightly when wrestling the old filter off as some monkey had super tightened it). I thought it was a standard banjo bolt initially so nipped it up 1/4 of a turn and the fecker started pissing out a fountain of oil so had to shut the engine down pronto.
Initially i thought i had cracked the housing but from looking it seems ok and the o-rings on the banjo have gone hard and flat with age and it looks like renault do a seal kit for a tenner so easy fix.
The big question is do you actually need this alloy part?? as i had the filter off and did not want any shite going in the hole i screwed it straight onto the block in place of this. fired it up for a few seconds no leaks, its close to the alternator but not touching anything. Tempted to bin it ? Pic of the offending article.
Initially i thought i had cracked the housing but from looking it seems ok and the o-rings on the banjo have gone hard and flat with age and it looks like renault do a seal kit for a tenner so easy fix.
The big question is do you actually need this alloy part?? as i had the filter off and did not want any shite going in the hole i screwed it straight onto the block in place of this. fired it up for a few seconds no leaks, its close to the alternator but not touching anything. Tempted to bin it ? Pic of the offending article.