Ring Run #3: My £1,600 Nürburgring Car Is Already Leaking Oil

Send us Fan MailThe £1,600 Peugeot RCZ Nürburgring project hits its first real crisis.What starts as a simple warning light quickly turns into a dashboard Christmas tree with faults ranging from turbo pressure issues and camshaft timing errors to a completely unrelated driver’s door control panel that has apparently decided it’s also involved.After clearing the codes and enjoying a few weeks of false confidence, the car suddenly throws itself into limp mode thanks to a front wheel speed sensor fault, taking ABS and traction control with it.But the real problem appears when the car goes on the lift.Fresh oil.And lots of it.The culprit looks like a rear main seal leak - one of the most awkward and expensive repairs on the engine, potentially costing half the value of the car.So now the Ring Run faces its first real dilemma.Do you spend £800 fixing a £1,600 car…or gamble and drive it across Europe anyway?Because the last thing anyone wants is to drive all the way to Germany…only to spill oil all over the Nürburgring.