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Whilst the girl was up on stilts today I thought I'd take the chance to have a good look at where my oil leak is coming from.

I've identified it as possibly being from above the drain plug from a black rectangular rubber 'thing', that looks pretty much just stuck on there. I've noticed this is starting to peel away, and when I had a peek inside it looked like some rubber piping going into the engine. No oil above that, so I'd say this is the culprit.

Only thing... I've had a look through the workshop manual etc. etc. and can't identify what the hell it was. Any ideas oh brains trust of cartalk?

I took some photos whilst out there and will try and get them up soon.

Bam! Used someone else's computer and the image is up.

Can't see pics at that link.

Dang. I'll have to figure something out.

Cheers!

Forgive me if i am being a little quick to jump in...

But its not by any chance the Rubber boot off the Clutch slave cylinder?? And perhaps your slave is leaking, quite a common problem..

Hmm... perhaps you're right? Did have the famous second gear crunch a few times a while back.

I'll investigate on this further. Ta!

Pamex wrote:Dang. I'll have to figure something out.

Follow the instructions in the second post here: http://mx5cartalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33476

Unfortunately the only copy of the image I have is too large to post... and my lovely outdated laptop doesn't have any editing programs to resize the photo whatsoever. Not even paint.

I'll post it from work tomorrow. :-D Thanks though!

Spandex
That is the rubber boot for the clutch lever.
*unlikely scenario* Oil coming out of there is a bit of a concern as it could be either from the front gearbox seal or the engine rear main seal.
But don't panic yet.
*likely scenario* It could also be trapping oil that has past down the side of the motor (unlikely) or picking up fluid from a leaky clutch slave cyl.
Looking at the image it appears the slave is indeed leaking as witnessed by the fluid on the lower mounting point.
Give the clutch slave boot a squeeze and see if any fluid comes out of that.
or
Have a taste of it. Oil tastes quite different to brake fluid.
Just don't swallow.

ditto what that freddy guy said

yeah i think its a leaky slutch slave

I installed the GB one a while back its working fine and was pretty cheap...

Wun... leaky slutch slave? I knew Seniorita was a tartt but golly!

FFG and Andrew: Cool. I'll have another look tomorrow and do the squeeze. I think I'll leave tasting it to someone else. Heh.

Here's hoping for good weather next weekend so I can change it.

Yep, you have a U/S clutch slave cylinder. Had the same thing on my NB8B @ 140k. Fit a new one, bleed it, clean up around everything and you'll be on your way!
Cheers, Dan.