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Offline oceanic-green

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Oil leak!??
« on: 24 February 2014, 21:38 »
I have an oil leak that seems to be coming from the top bit of the back of the block where the top arrow points. It has spilled down onto the turbo pipe which the bottom arrow shows in the picture. Any ideas what could be causing this. Is it the head gasket? or some type of seal   :undecided:

This picture is from above and shows the leak a bit better on the right side of the picture. You can see the actuator and downpipe below.
« Last Edit: 24 February 2014, 21:41 by oceanic-green »
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Re: Oil leak!??
« Reply #1 on: 25 February 2014, 08:28 »
Rocker cover gasket?
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Re: Oil leak!??
« Reply #2 on: 25 February 2014, 09:34 »
Quote from: sharki786 on 25 February 2014, 08:28
Rocker cover gasket?

That would be my guess.
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Re: Oil leak!??
« Reply #3 on: 25 February 2014, 19:10 »
Thanks guys!  :smiley: Would this leak effect performance at all?
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Re: Oil leak!??
« Reply #4 on: 25 February 2014, 19:21 »
Quote from: dom on 25 February 2014, 09:34
Quote from: sharki786 on 25 February 2014, 08:28
Rocker cover gasket?

That would be my guess.
+1 on this looks from your pic like the area of oil is from your cam cover,it shouldn't as a rule affect performance tho
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Re: Oil leak!??
« Reply #5 on: 25 February 2014, 19:25 »
Cool. I am getting a new turbo, ported manifold and supersize tip fitted on Monday, so I will ask my mechanic to sort the gasket out as well.
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Re: Oil leak!??
« Reply #6 on: 25 February 2014, 20:40 »
Quote from: oceanic-green on 25 February 2014, 19:25
Cool. I am getting a new turbo, ported manifold and supersize tip fitted on Monday, so I will ask my mechanic to sort the gasket out as well.
:afro: expect some pics then should be good,gaskets easy enough to replace also fit a new spark plug cover gasket to as they usually come as a pair  :wink:
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Re: Oil leak!??
« Reply #7 on: 25 February 2014, 21:00 »
Yeah same as mine, (failed twice). The gasket kit comes with spark plug seals too. Do you smell burning oil when stationary?
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Re: Oil leak!??
« Reply #8 on: 25 February 2014, 21:02 »
Quote from: northeast_gti-t on 25 February 2014, 20:40
Quote from: oceanic-green on 25 February 2014, 19:25
Cool. I am getting a new turbo, ported manifold and supersize tip fitted on Monday, so I will ask my mechanic to sort the gasket out as well.
:afro: expect some pics then should be good,gaskets easy enough to replace also fit a new spark plug cover gasket to as they usually come as a pair  :wink:

Cheers, will get that done as well then!  :smiley:
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Re: Oil leak!??
« Reply #9 on: 25 February 2014, 21:31 »
Quote from: MoshiMoshi on 25 February 2014, 21:00
Yeah same as mine, (failed twice). The gasket kit comes with spark plug seals too. Do you smell burning oil when stationary?

Make sure you ask if it comes with the spark plug gasket as i had to buy them seperatly from tps.
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