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oil leak.. .where from? (piccy inside)
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:40 pm
by gareth
i got my engine bay steam cleaned a week or so ago, after a cracked head and the oil/water vomiting messiness!
as part of the work involved in the head swap, it's now got a new head gasket (obviously), cam cover gasket and cam end seal.
however, it's got an oil leak showing down the side of my lovely clean engine... raaaaaaaa
anyone have any ideas what it could be?
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:45 pm
by Hammer1
Cam oil seal i reckon.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:48 pm
by gareth
i hope it's not! i lost teh new one when freshening the head up prior to taking it to my local bmw specialists to be fitted. they said they would fit one and had some in stock.
they also charged me a bit for is so it had better be a new one!
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:50 pm
by E30Adam
Hammer1 wrote:Cam oil seal i reckon.
He just said he's had a new cam oil seal fitted.
It's probably the front crank seal with the oil leaking down that low, it's hard to tell from the pictures though. It could well be a bad seal on the camshaft but I have my doubts. It could also be a bad seal on the head gasket but you really need to get the car up on stands and stick your head up under there to see exactly what ara it's coming from.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:15 pm
by gareth
it looks lie it's running down from head level... everything up there's new though
hu hum!
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:21 pm
by Brianmoooore
Can't really make sense of the picture, but if the oil's comeing from where I think I'm looking, then it's the headgasket.
It's a M20 (I think), oil leaks come as standard.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:22 pm
by E30WEZ
Hi mate were did you take it to be done ??
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:34 pm
by gareth
leaders engineering, near the juntion between battle road and sedlscombe road
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:43 pm
by E30Adam
Bottom line is... you paid them to do a job and it's not done properly, take it back and get them to fix it!
That'st he joys of paying for someone to do it for you,if it's not done right you are well within your rights to make them do it again until it's satisfactory.
Doesn't work with me though, I do everything myself so would just end up having to do it again which isn't fun!
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:43 pm
by E30WEZ
Gareth you got pm mate
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:21 am
by Andy325i
Rocker cover gasket, or rocker cover is warped. Mine does it too lol
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:57 am
by Hap
could the head gasket be weeping? is it losing a lot of oil or does it occur after a long run i.e. there is not much oil when wiped off?, hows the oil level ?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:04 pm
by gareth
i'll take it back soon... get them to have a look at it. it's not losing a lot, it's now worked down til it's dripping on the undertray after 3 weeks or so.
the oil level is still spot on.
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:17 pm
by Hammer1
E30Adam wrote:Hammer1 wrote:Cam oil seal i reckon.
He just said he's had a new cam oil seal fitted.
It's probably the front crank seal with the oil leaking down that low, it's hard to tell from the pictures though. It could well be a bad seal on the camshaft but I have my doubts. It could also be a bad seal on the head gasket but you really need to get the car up on stands and stick your head up under there to see exactly what ara it's coming from.
To me it looked higher than the front crank seal
thats why i said the cam oil seal..Even newly fitted ones can still leak if its been put on slightly skewiffy (is that a word?
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What ever it is? its certainly looks like its something to do with the new head.
Just a had a thought,isnt there a o ring at the front of the engine? which i think is near the front cam seal,not sure if they are prone to leak? but it could be another place to look.
