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Old Dec 31, 2013 | 02:57 PM
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My 94 wrx has another leak:/ first was coming from right rocker gasket so replaced both and it stopped the leak now it's coming from somewhere else:/ do if anybody knows where all the common places are for oil leaks could let me know cheers
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Old Dec 31, 2013 | 03:09 PM
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Crank seal. I know that as mine had one
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Old Dec 31, 2013 | 03:33 PM
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I had one on mine, just left it, took bout 6 months but sealed itself up
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Old Dec 31, 2013 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by imprezaworks
Crank seal. I know that as mine had one
Big job? If so how much would a garage charge to fix? Thanks
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I had one on mine, just left it, took bout 6 months but sealed itself up
Are you sure you didn't run out of oil? Lol
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Old Dec 31, 2013 | 06:25 PM
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Think mine was crank seal, never caused any problems as i change my oil roughly ever 2000 miles, it was only small leak, now stopped
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Old Dec 31, 2013 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jaygsi
Think mine was crank seal, never caused any problems as i change my oil roughly ever 2000 miles, it was only small leak, now stopped
My leak is quite big:/
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Originally Posted by hazzaslim
My leak is quite big:/
What type of oil filter are you using? Some of them had issues,blue ones I think
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If its coming from the crank it will be dripping on the exhaust, can you smell burning?
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Yea drops on manifold, thats what mine did lol
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Had the problem fixed now, it was both my rocker cover gaskets just if anyone was interested, no more leaks and no more burning smells
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