Hi all
i have a 1.6 16v stilo 03 reg. it has a big oil leak. is the a core plug near the oil pump? it looks like it could be about 12mm.

alp31 said:

Hi all
i have a 1.6 16v stilo 03 reg. it has a big oil leak. is the a core plug near the oil pump? it looks like it could be about 12mm.

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hi

diagram on here mate,

http://www.ricambio.co.uk/887-core-plug--fiat-lancia-and-alfa-romeo

oil out of a core plug are you sure?

dave said:

oil out of a core plug are you sure?

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beat me to it lol.
check your oil sender, its is black and plastic on the back of the engine, the 1.6 has a habit of these cracking and leaking loads of oil when running, may not be apparent when not running. give it a wipe it should be clean of oil, if any comes off then thats the problem.

dave said:

oil out of a core plug are you sure?

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No I'm not sure, it's my dad that thinks it could be this. It coming from behind a sensor bracket, near the oil pump.

sack your dad then, tell him he has lost 100 man points, coolant leaks from dodgy core plugs

Thanks, if it's not a core plug could I still use 1 to fill the hole? Think I have put a pic on, it's behind this bracket, or do u have any ideas how to fix it? Only got the car on Tuesday and it's been off the road from Thursday.

i see nothing

That's it, it's behind the tdc sensor bracket. Sorry about this but being female and not knowing much about cars!! Hope u can see it now

is there any thread inside the hole?

some one who knows more about the 1.6 lump may be more use than me, what town do you live in? someone may even be able to pop round and help.

have a good clean up to make sure oil is coming from there and not just collecting there from a leak higher up

Think I might have it sorted now. Been to a fiat garage and they had a look on computer and found a 13mm core plug, by the diagrams it looks to be the 1!! So it's now ordered, well I had to get a box of 20!!! So fingers crossed it will be fixed. Thanks very much for all the help

should have told them to stuff it if they wanted you to pay for 20 and then got one off ebay,

i've never heard of a coreplug to an oil chamber though. has anyone else?

dave said:

should have told them to stuff it if they wanted you to pay for 20 and then got one off ebay,

i've never heard of a coreplug to an oil chamber though. has anyone else?

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Same here, core plugs for coolant not oil....