oil leak?

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tommye30
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:26 pm

seem to have an oil leak coming from the passenger side of the engine and i have been told it could be coming from where the distributer would be. is this right

oh its a 325
tezk
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:31 pm

Its certainly possible - the distributor is mounted on the end of the cam and the cam oil seal can develop leaks.

Its easy to check - take of the distrubutor cap and it should be oil free.

If there is oil its a relatively easy job to replace the seals..
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trevski
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:39 pm

mine leaked from the crank case breather not a bad job too do :P
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