Even without looking, I could have guessed the answer :-) Oil pressure switch. They leak on just about every car that comes through the door :-( It -may- be running down the wire from the cam cover behind the ac pulley tensioners. In our engine section, although mail order will get a bit slow in the next week! (and I didn't just write the caption BTW :-) This will not prevent the car running properly unless the leak gets silly bad, which is unlikely. I've seen worse. Martin DMCL Paul wrote: >Right, #2493 seemed to be of a cylinder after the recent rain so I pulled >the plugs out today and cleaned things up but she still seems to be running >rough. Its definitely better but by no means smooth. I decided to give her >a bit of a run to maybe clear it out but noticed the smoke from the engine >bay as happened the other day in the rain which I put down to the heat >shield disintegrating with being saturated. > > > >Turns out though that the smoke was actually coming from an oil leak in the >engine that had run along the wire coming from a plug at the base of the >engine but above the CAT and dripped onto the heat shield. I have never >seen any oil spots on my driveway so reckon this has only started recently. >I have posted a few photos in the pictures section titled URGENT and would >appreciate if I could get a few thoughts on if this leak could be something >to contribute to the running rough or if it suggests a major problem that >would prevent me from driving. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one?click away.? Make Yahoo! your home page?now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/HliolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> DOC UK Website: www.deloreans.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/doc-uk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/