Mazda 2 oil leak

[petergly]

Hi guys,

I've run into a spot of bother with my 2004 Mazda 2 Genki - it's sprouted a rather savage oil leak. It's not a leak from an engine oil seal or anything like that - it seems to be leaking from a canister of some sort on the LHS of the engine.

Have a look at http://users.tpg.com.au/petergly/m2enginebay.jpg. I have indicated the canister with an arrow in the pic I refer to above. It's not the most ideal photo, but can anyone tell me what this canister is?

Regards,

Peter Mac in Sydney

 

[TheMAN]

your engine mount is broken, it needs to be replaced

 

[petergly]

Aha - yes, in the cold light of day I can now see it's an engine mount. Very interesting...

But how come this has caused an oil leak? And it's definitely engine oil that's leaking. Is this engine mount oil-damped in some way?

 

[bazooka joe]

it would appear so

 

[petergly]

Spot on TheMAN - it is the engine mount. I didn't realise they were fluid-filled... Thanks again!