Oil leak advice

[everyoneknowsadave]

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Hi, hopefully the picture is attached re a problem oil leak I have. (Sorry for poor quality but I can only seem to attach a small photo) It is coming from rear of oil pump. I have removed the oil pump and fitted the uprated o ring from Rimmers but this has not made the slightest difference which makes me think it is not the oil pump at all. Before I take it off again anyone had the same? As from the photo it is leaking from back of oil pump area and down the rear flywheel plate and then onto subframe around steering rack area. I have checked and it is not the oil transfer plate above or the distributor. It is also not the rear main crankshaft oil seal as there is none coming out of hole at bottom of bell housing. It leaks a good teaspoon a day so quite a bad leak and I need to get it sorted. It also leaks all the while so must be coming from somewhere which has oil in it all the while. Any ideas

[Jon Tilson]

While since I did one but isnt there another smaller O ring on the pressure relief valve holder on the pump?
Also what about the filter canister? New ring seal on those is essential when doing the filter.

Other than that check higher up....cam cover gasket end half moons.

Jonners

[everyoneknowsadave]

Thanks but no definitely not coming from above, its coming down the back of the oil pump on the rear plate, ( and typically because the pump rests right against the plate you cannot see exactly where it is coming from) I did only change the external o ring on the pump and not the smaller internal one so I will try that, what I may consider doing is raising the rear of the car to see if it comes out of the front of the pump instead of the rear, I was just concerned it may be leaking somewhere else and coming out by the back of the pump and was seeing if anyone had any similar leaks

[everyoneknowsadave]

Hopefully the picture is a bit better but the red line is exactly the oil leak travel so as you can see it comes from far rear corner of oil pump