2013 hyundai, failed mot for an excessive oil leak, do we bother trying to save it?

Nearlyold

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oldagetraveller1

I'd chuck something like onejontwo has linked to in the engine.

I have added a seal rejuvenator to my Classic's A Series and it most certainly vastly reduced the drippage from the front timing chain cover/crankshaft pulley seal.

Not eliminated it completely and it really does need a new seal.

However, in the O.P.'s situation it could be beyond redemption for that to work?

shane2k

my picanto sump seal started leaking all round and i was going to replace with new sump and seal myself and i thought actually i wanted to see if lucas stop leak works and it actually as fixed the seal and revived it so thats saved me money

so sometimes using stop leak does actually work but depends how bad it is

my car is worth under 800 so didnt really want to spend or the hassle dismantling it

ceb1995

Had an independent garage give us a second opinion this afternoon, and they agreed the leak wasn't severe enough to justify a fail at all. will be trying out the stop leak and they are quoting to investigate it, seems they did just look at it on Saturday and think there was too much gunk, we won't be using that particular national garage again for sure. 

jimjames

I've had a car with oil leak listed as advisory on MOT one year then not the next even when nothing done. Some testers are far more pedantic about listing things than others so definitely worth trying another garage.

Bigwheels1111

As I said above, steam clean the engine and go elsewhere for an MOT, avoiding cheap deals like
Kwikfit, ATS, Halfords, Local to me is a garage with a good reputation for repairs, servicing and Mot’s.
They charge £40, No pass no fee.
Before I purchased my brand new car 6 years ago, every  car I had owned had at least 100k on the clock when purchased.
all leaked oil, power steering fluid etc.
A £20 steam clean before the mot and away you go.

ceb1995

Bigwheels1111 said:

As I said above, steam clean the engine and go elsewhere for an MOT, avoiding cheap deals like
Kwikfit, ATS, Halfords, Local to me is a garage with a good reputation for repairs, servicing and Mot’s.
They charge £40, No pass no fee.
Before I purchased my brand new car 6 years ago, every  car I had owned had at least 100k on the clock when purchased.
all leaked oil, power steering fluid etc.
A £20 steam clean before the mot and away you go.

Yes we'll be sticking with the family independent garage we got the retest done at, no one had any complaints there and was £44 for seemingly a trustworthy service.