Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 21:15:58 -0000 From: "tom" <emailnopsammchugh.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: '88 900i 8v oil leak still at sump plug area: oh dear - help
"Grunff" <grunffnopsam.com> wrote in message news:b4ga06$1vjlek$2nopsam52899.news.dfncis.de... > tom wrote: > > > (So I undo engine oil drain plug and out comes the oil...) > > > > the aluminium has a (now get this) > > 1mm GROOVE IN THE ALUMINIUM ENGINE BOLCK, > > WHERE THE PLUG WASHER MEETS THE ENGINE. > > > > How the dickens could that happen. > > Where is this groove? What shape is it? Does it go round the > ring, or perpendicular to it? Is it a crack (not uncommon)? > > -- > Grunff > thanks: It ran from the centre to the edge, 1mm deep into the engin block, almost as if someone had taken a tool to it, seems to me it had to be done while the plug was off, but I dunno. When I finished emery papering it out, I could see 2 "black flecks" in the engine block: one, where the grove "was", and the other opposite. It might be a goove AND a crack, but the groove has gone now I did all that. If its a crack, I'm worried, what would be the best thing: take it to a welder ? ta, tom