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23-12-2012, 07:29 PM
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Cruising...
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Perth
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Howdy all! Bit of a long post sorry!
I have a strange oil leak happening here. So lets start from the top.... When i bought the car, all was well. Then after a while, i had an oil leak, a decent leak! The work carpark as well as home has good evidence of this haha. Service time came and i changed the oil to 10w 45 i think (slightly thicker than factory). The leak all of a sudden dissapeared! The leak seemed to come from the passenger side of the motor. No it wasnt coming from the oil pressure sensor! Weird! Then all of a sudden...it stopped leaking one day! Strange....how does that happen? Anywho..ITS BACK but the strangeness continues. It only appears to leak after driving it on a hot day or after a very long drive! Ive stuck my head under and did not see anything of note. The sump is covered in the stuff, the bellhousing and swaybar also has a coating of it (this wasn't here when i did the service. Sump plug and oil filter are also snug and not leaking) Today was 28 odd degrees, come home from work, park and shutdown, look for the leak and bingo! It began albeit a small drip that stopped after a few minutes, its coming down somewhere off the motor onto the sump and its dripping off the bottom of it. The amount it drips varies each time i park. When i came back from Melbourne, i parked and i found a decent amount of oil under the motor! About a small saucer size after maybe 10mins of being parked! Has anyone ever had this sort of issue?! I found a thread by HLC a while ago that i cant find again (as you do) who had the same issue but i dont recall a solution being posted. The front of the motor is covered in grime also, from the balancer up to the rocker. No it isnt leaking from that bolt at the front of the motor thats a common leak spot! Any ideas on what could do this? Maybe it isnt even heat related (youd think so), but thats what it appears to be. I can further confirm when Sydney has one of its sudden random cold days as it does. Car in question is the AUII i6 wagon. Cheers!
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Odd oil leak!
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