cam shaft oil seal/ distributor seal help

[bmw_e30_320i]

i have a leak coming from this area isnt head gasket or rocker cover gasket had it looked at and its coming from behind distributor, is there a seal behind it that can be changed? and if its cam shaft seal does the belt need to come off to replace the seal?

anyone any help or pictures to help me out and names of the exact seals behind here

[maggspower]

Hi there, yes there is a seal behind the distributor cap (the cam shaft oil seal), but IMO they are usually reliable. Check its not the head gasket as there is a pressurised oil way that runs at that end of the head/block using the head gasket as a seal, and have a tendency to weap at the joint.

[Brianmoooore]

'D' shaped rubber bungs in line with the rocker shafts?

[Rtaylor2208]

'D' shaped rubber bungs in line with the rocker shafts

Go with Brian on this one, mine had the exact same issue and thats all that needed replcaed.

[bmw_e30_320i]

and what exactly is this and how do you change that?

[Rtaylor2208]

When the rocker cover is off, you will see 4 D shaped rubber bungs pressed into the head. Two at the front nearest the distributor and two nearest the firewall.

These can be prised out and replaced.

I don't have the part number to hand but do a search of the tech help forum for "D Shaped" and you'll should get the part numbers from one of Brians previous posts.

[Idol]

11331264519

http://realoem.com/bmw/showphoto.do?id=11331264519

[Rtaylor2208]

Idol the link seems to be not working; same part number as above

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=11&fg=25

This should be what you need.

[Idol]

It was the picture of the seals on realoem, I linked the little picture next to item 13.