M6 oil leak ? Help

[co-pilot]

I have an 06 M6 that appears to be leaking oil from around the oil pump. I believe it to be the oil line off of the pump. maybe coming undone or crack. Not sure it's pretty hard to see.

Does anyone know how to get access to te oil pump area without pulling the motor/ injector set-up. the local dealer wants a small fortune to do it.


Thanks for the input in advance!

 

[TheBreeze]

bellypan

Did you remove the bellypan?

 

[co-pilot]

would have done that, but the previous owner riveted a skid plate on. Thanks for the reply madam328!

 

[sledgreg]

Thats weird I just bought a used 06 m6 with warrenty from my dealer..... wife went into the garage 6 days later and there was oil alllllll over the floor, I work in a camp for 20 days so i cant get to it to look but i had a buddy rip the pipe off, and he said its not from the actual resivour, so its further down, I email the dealer and they gonna fix it, but still just weird since i have only started it twice. once at the dealer and then to drive it into the garage.

I will let ya know what they find.

 

[catfreak]

Make sure its not coming from the oil bottle as I just went through this w/ my wifes 2008 M-8. This summer it seemed to be marking its territory worse than a old Harley. I ended up finding that the threads were messed up on the bottle so the cap would leak like a sob. Oil would then make its way down and coat the oil pump and then the belly pan. Quite a mess. There also is a grommet that the oil line fitting goes through at the bottom of the tank that can start leaking and then run down the oil line until it coats everything under the engine.

 

[co-pilot]

So I am considering drilling out the rivets on the belly guard to get access at the bottom. Does anyone know if I can get at the oil pump from underneath by removing the bottom plate? Or did arctic cat make it harder than that?

 

[harf69]

yep thats how you change the oil pump from the underside of the sled you canget to everything there tip it up on the clutch side of the sled spray everything down with brake cleaner and dry it off and run it and see where its leaking from

 

[Ski-Laxn]

Thats the easiest and fastest way to gain access.

 

[co-pilot]

Thanks guys! Im going to see what I can find out.

 

[co-pilot]

problem fixed!

thanks everyone!

 

[harf69]

dont leave us hanging what was the problem?