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Old 03-25-2008, 06:16 PM
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Oil leak after headers and timing install

My car has developed an oil leak after i did the headers and timing chain set. The leak is from the middle

Anyone gone through this before?
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Old 03-25-2008, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by PWR-TRIP
The leak is from the middle
your gonna have to be a little more specific than that

get under the car and try to trace the oil to the highest point
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Old 03-25-2008, 06:43 PM
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From the middle of what?

My guess would be one, or more, seals in the timing cover. They're kind of in the middle.
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Old 03-25-2008, 07:28 PM
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Thats what i was thinking too.
F#ck i don't want to open her up again.
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Old 03-25-2008, 07:45 PM
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If it's a seal in the timing cover, it should be fairly easy to detect from under the car. After I replaced my opti, the water pump drive seal was leaking like a ****. It was pretty easy to detect that at least one of the seals was leaking by laying under the car with the engine running. Oil was streaming down the front of the timing cover.
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could be oill pan gasket.
could be timing cover seal, or front main seal leaking.

get under it and look, thats what i would do. oil is like water, its not usually leaking from where you think it is. you have to trace it.


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