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oil leak??
« on: 11 March 2009, 15:03:22 »
  hi all ,
 i have noticed i have a oil leak on the exhaust side ,
   it is running by thye breather tube , so i have replaced the gasket , head gasket is ok as not long done and all is dry ,

   i have had a look and seems to be coming from the back of the engine near the coil pack bracket  , can this be true??
 , if so is the best way to remove by taking the front scuttle of under screen for easy access ??
     would i need to use any sort of gasket glue when re-fitting ,
thanks mick  :y
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Re: oil leak??
« Reply #1 on: 11 March 2009, 15:24:30 »
are you sure its not leaking at the back of the gasket? run your finger along the cam cover edge right at the back, see if its weaping.....
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Re: oil leak??
« Reply #2 on: 11 March 2009, 15:34:12 »
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are you sure its not leaking at the back of the gasket? run your finger along the cam cover edge right at the back, see if its weaping.....

i have had a look and the little lugs seem to be in right !! :y
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Re: oil leak??
« Reply #3 on: 11 March 2009, 15:41:52 »
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are you sure its not leaking at the back of the gasket? run your finger along the cam cover edge right at the back, see if its weaping.....

i have had a look and the little lugs seem to be in right !! :y

Not a lot else leaks oil around there, could be water mixing with oil? Is the HBV dry?
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« Reply #4 on: 11 March 2009, 15:44:24 »
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are you sure its not leaking at the back of the gasket? run your finger along the cam cover edge right at the back, see if its weaping.....

i have had a look and the little lugs seem to be in right !! :y[/quo
  
Not a lot else leaks oil around there, could be water mixing with oil? Is the HBV dry?
 yes dry as a bone !!
    it seems tobe around the edge of the bracket !!
but no oil goes round there does it ??
   wonder if head cover cracked ???????
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are you sure its not leaking at the back of the gasket? run your finger along the cam cover edge right at the back, see if its weaping.....

i have had a look and the little lugs seem to be in right !! :y[/quo
  
Not a lot else leaks oil around there, could be water mixing with oil? Is the HBV dry?
 yes dry as a bone !!
    it seems tobe around the edge of the bracket !!
but no oil goes round there does it ??
   wonder if head cover cracked ???????

Not sure thats for someone who knows more than me!  ;D
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Re: oil leak??
« Reply #6 on: 11 March 2009, 15:58:49 »
most likely is the camcover seal.  Try pulling the plug leads and looking inside - if there is oil, that's your culprit.
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« Reply #7 on: 11 March 2009, 16:05:29 »
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most likely is the camcover seal.  Try pulling the plug leads and looking inside - if there is oil, that's your culprit.


  i shall have to take another look !  :y
 seems to be on ok though!! :y
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Re: oil leak??
« Reply #8 on: 11 March 2009, 16:09:13 »
its not an issue with on ok (or you would have a tidal wave of oil).
But they tend to fail if the breathers are blocked (go hard /start leaking).

Plug wells is a good tell tale.
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« Reply #9 on: 11 March 2009, 16:18:38 »
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its not an issue with on ok (or you would have a tidal wave of oil).
But they tend to fail if the breathers are blocked (go hard /start leaking).

Plug wells is a good tell tale.

 i cleaned all the breathers out so that can be iliminated<
, plugs wells are all good and dry
  it does leak pretty bad , so now smokes off the block when running
  
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