gavinp Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 At the top of the tower, there is a final cylinder with the 2 outlets on it. One blocked off as far as I can tell and the other a pain in the $rse 3/8 unf thread (if you want to go into 1/2" bore for a mocal catch tank). This cylinder rotates. I have oil collating around the join between the cap (that you unscrew to check the oil) and this cylinder. Am I right in assuming this is not correct, and this is not the tower breathing but a leak!! thanks gavin Superlight R #41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F355GTS Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Gavin my SLR always used to weep from there, I changed the 3 o-rings (from Caterham) and......it made no difference Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavinp Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 nuts 🙆🏻 fed up getting a mouthful of oil each time I floor it... Superlight R #41 Edited by - gavinp on 1 Jun 2004 19:18:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Howe Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Have a similar problem, though not as bad. I have seriously thought about making my own O-ring, as I have the kit - just never found the energy to go the extra distance to do it. JH Deliveries by Saffron, the yellow 222bhp Sausage delivery machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavinp Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 and John, does you dry sump tower have 1 or 2 outlets at the top? Mine has 2. gavin Superlight R #41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted June 2, 2004 Leadership Team Share Posted June 2, 2004 If you need o-rings, try BSL - we use them quite a bit for work and they're certainly very cheap. here Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveP Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Gavin, My dry sump tower has just one outlet and so far at least hasn't leaked or wept from the O-ring (just lucky I guess) SteveP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnonut Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Mine has two and with an aeroscreen I come back from a blatt with a rather grubby looking face 😬 My face I can clean but the engine bay is starting to look a mess When I mentioned this to CC yesterday when the car went for its service, they said that replacing the ring would have little effect as they always leak. Only option was to buy the R500 upgraded bell tower cap (sounds like the one you've got SteveP). £40ish plus 1/2 an hour to fit. What a coinsidense whilst writing this Aftersales have just called to say the car is ready and they replaced the o-ring and it has stopped the leak (bet it hasn't ☹️) W.Nut . Rosso Superlight no.087 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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