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| Author | Subject: Oil leak -- timing belt area |
 black6
Newbie  Location: Sydney Registered: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 7 Status: Offline |
Post #1
So I've had a pretty small but persistent oil leak from the driver side top/rear of the engine.. I'll aim to get it sorted when the timing belt gets changed soon.However, I want to source all necessary parts before taking it to the mechanic to minimise costs. Question is: should I get all the crank/cam seals which apply to that whole area of the engine just in case? Are there any other likely culprits I should be aware of? Cheers.. |
 Posted 5th Jun 2011 at 05:31
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bigbadbowen
Seasoned Pro  Location: Winchester Registered: 21 Nov 2003 Posts: 13,753 Status: Offline |
Post #2
Hmmm Could be cam seal or cam cover seal ? Whip the cam covers and have a look ? If they are shagged you will require replacement cam covers as the seals are part of the cover ? Not sure what else it could be in that area ? |
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Posted 5th Jun 2011 at 05:36
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jalittle
Regular  Location: Dover Registered: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 164 Status: Offline |
Post #3
i had the same leak even thou its a 1.8 it was coming from the cam carrier but i replaced the cam seals at the same time as they are not expensivei found a few simular leaks by using the forum search might be worth looking |
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Posted 5th Jun 2011 at 14:03
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smithers
Seasoned Pro  Location: Glasgow Registered: 22 Nov 2004 Posts: 1,016 Status: Offline |
Post #4
Is it up at the top of the engine or the bottom.Just in the process of changing my crankshagt oil seal as it was weeping a little and making the lower rear side of the engine oily.  ________________________________________ 1997 Black GTi6smithers205 at hotmail.com |
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Posted 5th Jun 2011 at 14:25
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black6
Newbie Location: Sydney Registered: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 7 Status: Offline |
Post #5
It's coming from the upper area, pretty much directly above the drivers side steering rack rubber boot... The oil's been cleaned off so that soon I'll have another look and it should be visible where it's coming from exactly. But I just wanted a list of likely leak sources for this bit of the engine so that I can narrow i down... |
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Posted 7th Jun 2011 at 18:05
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