broke down in bala
 

Waiting for recovery after springing an oil leak
Sad times.

Re: broke down in bala
 

Um, how bad is the oil leak?

Re: broke down in bala
 

i'm back home now, fed and watered.
The SV is bleeding in the garage.

The feed pipe to the oil cooler has a hole in it that is leaking oil onto the engine and in turn was coating the rear tyre.

I'll post pics when the computer wants to play ball

Re: broke down in bala
 

The black blood on the tarmac

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1...nwall10272.jpg

Splatters on the exhaust

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/4...nwall10276.jpg

The leak located behind this small plastic sheath

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/7...nwall10273.jpg

I didn't fancy taking my chances on the 130+ mile trip home with oil spraying on the rear tyre

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3...nwall10275.jpg

So there she sat waiting for recovery

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/7...nwall10271.jpg

I took them about 40 mins to get to me, then 2 1/2 hours drive home.
Quite lucky I think, I'm pleased I noticed it when I did and not when I needed to rely on the grip from the rear.
And well done Green Flag, I could have waited there for hours, it was a busy day on the raods.

Re: broke down in bala
 

Probably on the way back from fixing multiple SV related punctures!!

Hope it is easy fix