Oil Slick

[DEN53]

My son's Ford Focus seems to be leaking oil from underneath. His mate had a look and said it could be the sump - any advice ?????????

[DEN53]

Thanks darren - thats helpful.

[Graham-W]

Park the car overnight with newspaper underneath. You should be able to tell exactly where the oil is coming from the following day.

[Coobeastie]

Worse case it could be the sump rusting through. Had the one on our old KA give out.

[DEN53]

Graham - Sun, Mirror or Daily Mail - which one ?



No only joking !! my son has actually been putting a washing up bowl underneath.

[chas2008]

could be a number of things, timing seal,front or rear sump seal , im fairly sure its an alloy sump so that rules out rust unless its cracked, ie going over speed bumps tp fast. If it is alloy im sure its a sealer not a gasket, sump plug washer would be a slight drip certainly not requiring a bowl.
The other thing you need to consider depending where its leaking is wether its contaminating the timing belt, it will fail if left for to long !!!...