So after my 1100km trip last weekend I found a couple issues. The first is a nothing much, but a line off my evap canister popped off. Its secured now until I remove the whole assembly. The other issue was is a little more serious. I notised some oil on my subframe and after investigating I notised that the oil fitting on the chassis, opposite the dipstick, was leaking. There is a rubber hose with a band clamp and the fitting. Now I found the issue, but still haven't fixed it since I was sent out for work and didn't have time. Hence the no pictures. Just thought I'd pass it along. It would be no fun if some one had their oil line pop off.
does that line connect to the fitting that you use to empty the oil tank during oil changes? if so, is there a chance that it was pulled too hard during the last change? --Chris
No it's the main large oil line from the chasiss. Plus I was careful when pulling that plug. I had it secured soundly.
Here's a picture of the leaking line (the line with the band clamp in the background) This caused oil to run down into the rad as well as the frame. .
Make sense...since I don't see any yellow paint on it from the factory saying it was checked for tightness. I will be checking mine just in case.
I just fixed the leak today actually. It wasn't the clamp but the fitting, it was very loose. Got just a little more then a full turn out of it. I recommend loosening the clamp and tightening up that fitting. You need a 20mm crow's foot to do it properly.
