550i E61 Oil leak

[chrisgeary]

Hello, my car has quite a bad oil leak... well... gush. From this very rubbish video, can you tell where its coming from?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiQx6y32FVI

cheers
Chris

[trickywoo]

Wow. Something has let go big style there. Do not drive it or run it until you've fixed it.

I'd bite the bullet and get it to a specialist. Mine leaked from the rocker cover gaskets but those engines can leak from pretty much any seal.

Good luck.

[*Al*]

Looks like sump gasket leaking?

[SaintsPaul]

Jeez that looks real bad
I had a leak in mine when I bought it. Only leaked when the car was parked on a slope. Took ages to sort it out. Turned out it was a seal in the transmission.
Cheap fix in the end but gave the dealer I bought it from sleepless nights

[chrisgeary]

@trickywoo yep that's the plan. A friend of mine has a towing rod so should be able to make it without running the engine.

[chrisgeary]

This was the alternator seal, not too expensive thankfully.