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Should be obvious for a garage to spot where the oil was coming from in the first place , anyway jack the car up look under the rocker covers both sides you will see straight away if there leaking
Not saying they haven't been fitted but it's easy to mess up ! You need to make sure the surfaces are spotless !! And use threebond sparingly , also torque the bolts up and use new seals on the bolts , if there definitely not leaking then it's most likely the rear main seal ,oil separator plate but you will see it drip from between the gearbox and engine , you need to jack up and look , if it was leaking elsewhere that bad then you would expect any decent garage to tell you at the time ,
Not saying they haven't been fitted but it's easy to mess up ! You need to make sure the surfaces are spotless !! And use threebond sparingly , also torque the bolts up and use new seals on the bolts , if there definitely not leaking then it's most likely the rear main seal ,oil separator plate but you will see it drip from between the gearbox and engine , you need to jack up and look , if it was leaking elsewhere that bad then you would expect any decent garage to tell you at the time ,
i am hoping it’s their bad workmanship.
I’d assume that it being only done last week they’d fix it if it the gaskets.
But if it was the crank or oil separator I don’t think I’d have oil so far forward as dripping on the oil filter looks like it’s come down from above side
when I checked the plastic chamber last week under the intercooler there was no oil inside which led me to believe it shouldn’t be the crank
A thought it was all over the gearbox ? Sounds like you have a few leaks , must be oil in your undertray if you have one ? , Front of the engine you have cam seals , oil pump ,crank seal , oil modine ,filter , , you need to get it into the garage ask to see under it could be anything
A thought it was all over the gearbox ? Sounds like you have a few leaks , must be oil in your undertray if you have one ? , Front of the engine you have cam seals , oil pump ,crank seal , oil modine ,filter , , you need to get it into the garage ask to see under it could be anything
no undertray
but yes oil over gearbox assuming from driving and blow back
defo engine oil
but looks like from the front rather then engine/gearbox joint
I guess it’s pretty pointless posting on a thread about this when you’re not looking and getting it looked at but it could be the oil cooler seal if it’s leaking that bad. That’s a pretty big leak for rocker covers.
I guess it’s pretty pointless posting on a thread about this when you’re not looking and getting it looked at but it could be the oil cooler seal if it’s leaking that bad. That’s a pretty big leak for rocker covers.
Why would he pay someone to sort it then ignore it,
If you arent going to read whats put stop trolling to make yourself look good,
OP has said he is taking it back for those he paid to do it to look at . . . .
Thanks guys. I had a look when I parked it up on Sunday. But tbh I was to annoyed to look at it again going back to the garage to review later this week.
I did have a look. But looked like it was from the original source as it had the same pattern
i hope it’s something that can be inexpensively.
it was only repaired some 100 miles ago and would have been the first time to have tested the repair
No the oil just falls out the bottom , if it was possible to fill up it would be like a washing machine full of oil ,here's a pic of mine apart
you need to find a decent garage that works on Subaru's
Why would he pay someone to sort it then ignore it,
If you arent going to read whats put stop trolling to make yourself look good,
OP has said he is taking it back for those he paid to do it to look at . . . .
eh?
why would I be trolling FFS! Think you’ve misunderstood what I wrote there.
I was saying it’s pretty pointless me guessing at what’s wrong when he’s taking it back to be looked at but ‘here’s my guess’
I've had a similar problem with mine for months. I was convinced it was the rear main oil seal but hoped it wasn't so decided to do all the things it could be other than the rear main. firstly I re sealed the sump but this didn't fix it so I thought maybe cam seals or oil pump seal even though there didn't appear to be much oil on the bottom of the timing covers. I removed the drivers side outer timing cover and there didn't seem to be any oil leaking from behind the cam pulleys but I thought what the hell I've started stripping it down now I may as well carry on. Removed all covers, timing belt and cam pulleys. Low and behold every seal seemed to be leaking a small amount. removed oil pump and removed all seals. All seals were hard and brittle and cracked when pressed. I replaced all 4 cam seals, oil pump o ring and seal and re sealed the oil pump. put everything back together and now no oil leak.
The oil would always accumulate on the bottom of the bellhousing leading me to believe it was coming from that area. Might be worth having a look. Only cost about 20 quid for all genuine seals.
24 May 2020, 05:53 PM
Oil leak AGAIN!
