Where is this oil leak coming from?

Stoney89 · Post by **Stoney89** » April 24th, 2007, 2:48 am

I Just noticed alot of oil directly below my valve cover on my 1.6L DOHC, its all over and creating smoke. Does anyone have any ideas on what could possibly fix this?

SuperK · Post by **SuperK** » April 24th, 2007, 5:34 am

valve cover gasket? I just replaced mine, fixed a lot of leaks.

also leaks at the disty... I'm goign to try some of that gasket maker stuff... unless someone advises me otherwise.

piper177 · Post by **piper177** » April 24th, 2007, 10:12 am

Yeah It is probably the valve cover gasket. I just replaced mine yesterday. It is easy to fix and cost me about $15

Bumpysbro · Post by **Bumpysbro** » April 24th, 2007, 3:43 pm

superk my disty leaked constantly and no matter if i got a new o ring it kept on leaking. if you do use the gasket maker make sure its dry and oil free otherwise it wont stick and it will still leak. good luck

SuperK · Post by **SuperK** » April 24th, 2007, 5:23 pm

Bumpysbro wrote:superk my disty leaked constantly and no matter if i got a new o ring it kept on leaking. if you do use the gasket maker make sure its dry and oil free otherwise it wont stick and it will still leak. good luck

I know that a o-ring won't solve the problem, but this is one of those few problems duct tape can't fix. I dunno what else to do to stop the leak

Tropical Emerald 1993 · April 25th, 2007, 3:56 pm

o-ring solved my leak perfectly but there's still some oil probably from cylinder head gasket.