head leaking oil
08-10-2006, 01:17 PM
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head leaking oil
like stated, my motor is leaking oil around the dizzy area. The exaust manifold is also wet on cylinders closedt to the dizzy (1). I am just wondering if i should check anything before pulling the head?? The leak is horrible, but it gets everything wet all the way down to the motor stramp. Help woul dbe appricaited. Thanks
wtf?
08-10-2006, 04:07 PM
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Re: head leaking oil
we need more info. Is there oil in the dist? Or just from the left side by the cam seal and dizzy. Or is it ontop of the exh. mani? More info...and what motor? Was it a ls/vtec with leaky lines (just a thought). Pictures too if possible.
08-10-2006, 04:15 PM
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Re: head leaking oil
The other night I had my toobig valvecover gasket pop out after I adjusted my valves, pissed oil everywhere. Like, puddle in my driveway and trail up the street for a good long while. Check your valvecover gasket, and check your distributor O-ring, those like to go too.
08-10-2006, 06:08 PM
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Re: head leaking oil
at idle i couldnt see any oil coming out even with reving. But after i drove it a bit and looked, oil was leaking all over. It looks like the seam in between the head and bcok, since i saw that the exaust manifold itself was wet also, i took the head off. I looked and did not see anything wrong with the seal between the head and block. Can head gaskets be faulty?? I used cooper spray when putting the new gasket on, can that mess up the seal? what should i do to prevent a leak when i put it back on?? I will be getting another headgasket. there was also no cantamination between oil and coolant. so that means the oil must be spewing out from the oil return port? Please help. this ---- is pissing me off. Thanks.
08-11-2006, 11:11 AM
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Re: head leaking oil
one dowel pin in the block is a y8 one, and the other is an a6 one. Could different dowel pins make the head leak? It looks like the y8 dowl pin near the leak is slightly taller than the a6 one.
