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by simon8201 - 09/09/26 01:46 PM
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I noticed a few oil drips on the garage floor but could not decide where it was coming from so tightened the oil hose clips & topped up. A little oil on the outside of the tank but swollen cap gasket seemed no worse. After a 30 mile run to the distillery on returning more oil underneath. Back in the garage oil dripping off the bell housing & lots on the outside of the oil tank. A shred of rubber had come of the cap gasket but was lying on the top of the level indicator in the tank. Matching the shred with the gasket I think I got most of it.
I made another temporary gasket out of two layers of gasket paper.Gasket paper has now gone into my box of essentials to carry in the car. Its easy to make a paper gasket. Lay the paper on the top of the upturned cap & gently tap round the lip with a ball head hammer. This will cut the paper to the correct size to sit in the lip in the cap.
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A lucky escape - shreds of rubber are very good at restricting the oil supply to the engine - make very sure you have got all of it out - not most of it!
If you seal is swollen its a disaster waiting to happen. Don't wait for it to get worse - that might be too late. If its swollen get it sorted without delay.
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+1 and checked as ok by the dealer... 
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Getting the M3W ready for the 11 hour drive to Grindelwald in the morning, ticking over in neutral and checking everything OK when I see oil dripping on the floor. Dripping becomes a puddle! Up on ramps and it appears to be coming from above the housing. Bonnet off and oil tank is covered in oil. Lid off - seal gone!
Tank drained and cleaned and parts removed. Now put in a cork disc instead of rubber.
Panic over!
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Thank goodness that happened now and not in a couple of days time.
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"Lid off - seal gone!"
Gone as in disappeared ?
Hope its not in the tank !
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Gone as dropped in the tank. I guess it fell in as I unscrewed the cap.
Anyway, tank drained, cleaned, refilled and now has a cork seal rather than the expanding rubber one!
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Im preparing my m3w as the weather will be acceptable in a month or so.. I changed the bevel box oil with redline. I removed the engine oil cap. The gasket looks like new but once i pressed down on it fell apart!!! I did a new flat thick gasket, oil resistance.
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Nadvys that's how my gasket looked. It cannot be that difficult for Morgan to use a gasket that is up to the job. Anyone found a ready made gasket to fit?
Tim
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