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Hi Guys,
Things are not going well for me. On Saturday I had the 166 serviced at a dealers including an oil change. It was them that recommended I swap my tyres about. This morning I saw some liquid stains on my drive, looked underneath the Alfa and saw a pool of oil. the car has never leaked oil before, its definitley as a consequence of the oil change, in fact I see on the invoice I was billed for a new sump washer. My recently laid block paved driveway is badly stained which is very annoying. How would you tackle this? Cheers Tall Dave. |
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Tall Dave wrote:
> Hi Guys, > > Things are not going well for me. On Saturday I had the 166 serviced at a > dealers including an oil change. It was them that recommended I swap my > tyres about. > This morning I saw some liquid stains on my drive, looked underneath the > Alfa and saw a pool of oil. the car has never leaked oil before, its > definitley as a consequence of the oil change, in fact I see on the invoice > I was billed for a new sump washer. > My recently laid block paved driveway is badly stained which is very > annoying. > > How would you tackle this? Regular user of that garage? If so, I'd ask them politely to fix it. If I wasn't, I'd probably sort it myself and chalk it up to experience and never go back. Depends really on the relationship you have with the firm in question. http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/ra...B-5DABEBA9F37D and a pressure washer I suspect lots of other people would suggest you take it back anyway, but personally my time is too valuable. By the time I'd taken it anywhere, waited and got it back, I could have done it myself 5 times over. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk |
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"Tall Dave" > wrote in message ... > Hi Guys, > > Things are not going well for me. On Saturday I had the 166 serviced at a > dealers including an oil change. It was them that recommended I swap my > tyres about. > This morning I saw some liquid stains on my drive, looked underneath the > Alfa and saw a pool of oil. the car has never leaked oil before, its > definitley as a consequence of the oil change, in fact I see on the > invoice I was billed for a new sump washer. > My recently laid block paved driveway is badly stained which is very > annoying. > > How would you tackle this? > > Cheers > > Tall Dave. I had this problem after a service by an AR dealer - they must have stripped the sump plug. They fixed it - not sure how - re-welding and tapping a new thread, perhaps? Malcolm Osborne South Africa 1999 156TS - 273 000 Km |
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In alt.autos.alfa-romeo,
Malcolm Osborne > wrote: > > "Tall Dave" > wrote in message > ... >> Hi Guys, >> >> Things are not going well for me. On Saturday I had the 166 serviced at a >> dealers including an oil change. It was them that recommended I swap my >> tyres about. >> This morning I saw some liquid stains on my drive, looked underneath the >> Alfa and saw a pool of oil. the car has never leaked oil before, its >> definitley as a consequence of the oil change, in fact I see on the >> invoice I was billed for a new sump washer. >> My recently laid block paved driveway is badly stained which is very >> annoying. >> >> How would you tackle this? >> >> Cheers >> >> Tall Dave. > > I had this problem after a service by an AR dealer - they must have stripped > the sump plug. They fixed it - not sure how - re-welding and tapping a new > thread, perhaps? This seems to happen a lot on the newer alfas. Use a new original sump washer. These are metal with a plastic rim that seals it with very litle tightning and can be used only once. The older copper or aluminum washers require more torque for good sealing. Easiest fix would be an oversize plug, I've heard a conical gearbox plug can do the job but have no details on that. Possibly it can be fixed with a suitable helicoil insert. -- Stef (remove caps, dashes and .invalid from e-mail address to reply by mail) Baby On Board. |
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"Catman" > wrote in message ... > Tall Dave wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> Things are not going well for me. On Saturday I had the 166 serviced at a >> dealers including an oil change. It was them that recommended I swap my >> tyres about. >> This morning I saw some liquid stains on my drive, looked underneath the >> Alfa and saw a pool of oil. the car has never leaked oil before, its >> definitley as a consequence of the oil change, in fact I see on the >> invoice I was billed for a new sump washer. >> My recently laid block paved driveway is badly stained which is very >> annoying. >> >> How would you tackle this? > > Regular user of that garage? If so, I'd ask them politely to fix it. > > If I wasn't, I'd probably sort it myself and chalk it up to experience and > never go back. > > Depends really on the relationship you have with the firm in question. > > http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/ra...B-5DABEBA9F37D > > and a pressure washer Experience talking here - a pressure washer will spread the oil nicely all over your drive. Get some sand on it first and soak it up, then get some detergent on it to break down the oil and lift it from the stones... then a pressure washer! And avoid any cemented parts as the pressure washer cleans those out nicely too!! |
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