Hi all i have a question i am smelling oil being burnt in my engine bay and have tracked the smell to the o/s lower rocker cover bolt or is it the rocker cover gasket gone??? ,as the exhaust manifold is really close to the rocker cover . I think the oil is dripping onto the manifold ,it has Equal Length headers with heat wrap, so if the oil has gone into the heat wrap will the smell go away or do i have to replace the heat wrap as well ????
Has any one else had this problem??

Any help would be great

Thanx Martin

 

rocker gaskets are a common problem on these cars,places like lateral sell the full kit,dont just do the outer gasket and hope for the best need to do them all,fidgety as theres not much space but i wouldnt have thought youd need to take off the heatwrap as well

 

Thanx for the reply m8 When you say do the full kit what do you mean?? . Rocker cover gasket , bolt seals and half moon seals

 

im burning more oil than petrol at the moment.
there no smell and dont see that its leaking either??
whats the story with that

 

Any blue smoke out the back at all?
If your not leaking it your burning it.

 

no blue smoke either,
cant figure it out.
all i can think of it mite be a slow leak from the oil filter,
but dont see it on the ground where it parked.

 

Could you park it over a bit of wood or cardboard and see if u get any spots?

 

can do that.
clutch is gone on it anyway so it goin nowhere.
where the cheapest good clutch kit?

 

'cheapest' and 'good'. Love it!

 

exedy clutch from ebay,quite cheap and actually rather good
SUBARU IMPREZA STi WRX & P1 EXEDY CLUTCH KIT 230MM on eBay, also, Subaru, Car Parts, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 13-Dec-07 13:06:04 GMT)