hmm.. strange leak
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hmm.. strange leak
Take a look at the picture of the motor.. The motor in the picture isn't the one in question, but I didn't have any pictures of the actual motor..
Anyhow, picture the water pump is intalled on this motor.. now take a look at the red arrow on the front cover...we just got a friend's motor up and running finally, however we have a nasty leak coming from somewhere.. we havn't removed the water pump yet to get a better look at where the heck the leak is coming from...
We have a stream (no drips, but a stream) of oil running down the front cover in the direction and area of the red arrow in the picture... where the heck could this oil be coming from? The turbo feed line behind the waterpump housing looks dry and shows no signs of leaking.. the whole motor looks dry, except from the stream of oil that runs down the front cover when the car is running...
going to be removing the waterpump tomorrow and taking a look to see if we can find the source, but wanted to see if anyone had any guesses before hand..
here's the pic
Anyhow, picture the water pump is intalled on this motor.. now take a look at the red arrow on the front cover...we just got a friend's motor up and running finally, however we have a nasty leak coming from somewhere.. we havn't removed the water pump yet to get a better look at where the heck the leak is coming from...
We have a stream (no drips, but a stream) of oil running down the front cover in the direction and area of the red arrow in the picture... where the heck could this oil be coming from? The turbo feed line behind the waterpump housing looks dry and shows no signs of leaking.. the whole motor looks dry, except from the stream of oil that runs down the front cover when the car is running...
going to be removing the waterpump tomorrow and taking a look to see if we can find the source, but wanted to see if anyone had any guesses before hand..
here's the pic
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Originally posted by Rpeck
The front cover itself?
The front cover itself?
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If it was the main seal, or the thermal pellet housing area I would think it would be comming directly from the front rather than on top-ish. It could be the CAS seal .. but unless you have some high *** oil pressure I would not think it would "flow" fom there though ..Cause i get no oil leaking from there then i have it finger tight while adjusting the timing, and I am running a high flow oil pump and 85 PSI OPR.
Hell what do i know .. just guessing, hope you figure it out .. keep us posted.
-Robert
Hell what do i know .. just guessing, hope you figure it out .. keep us posted.
-Robert
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Originally posted by Rpeck
If it was the main seal, or the thermal pellet housing area I would think it would be comming directly from the front rather than on top-ish. It could be the CAS seal .. but unless you have some high *** oil pressure I would not think it would "flow" fom there though ..Cause i get no oil leaking from there then i have it finger tight while adjusting the timing, and I am running a high flow oil pump and 85 PSI OPR.
Hell what do i know .. just guessing, hope you figure it out .. keep us posted.
-Robert
If it was the main seal, or the thermal pellet housing area I would think it would be comming directly from the front rather than on top-ish. It could be the CAS seal .. but unless you have some high *** oil pressure I would not think it would "flow" fom there though ..Cause i get no oil leaking from there then i have it finger tight while adjusting the timing, and I am running a high flow oil pump and 85 PSI OPR.
Hell what do i know .. just guessing, hope you figure it out .. keep us posted.
-Robert
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it turns out to a large hole in the front cover... We are baffled as to how the hole got there... it's about the size of your big toe... bloody hell... removing the front cover is going to be a bitch with the motor still in the car.. maybe we can just patch it up for now??
I'll post some pics soon..
I'll post some pics soon..
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Originally posted by Chris Ng
it turns out to a large hole in the front cover... We are baffled as to how the hole got there... it's about the size of your big toe... bloody hell... removing the front cover is going to be a bitch with the motor still in the car.. maybe we can just patch it up for now??
I'll post some pics soon..
it turns out to a large hole in the front cover... We are baffled as to how the hole got there... it's about the size of your big toe... bloody hell... removing the front cover is going to be a bitch with the motor still in the car.. maybe we can just patch it up for now??
I'll post some pics soon..
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I've still got a S4 TII front cover and stuff that I bought off a forum member a while back before putting in an EMS (was going to use mechanical OMP, then just got lazy and premix all the time instead).
Shipping would be a piece though...
Shipping would be a piece though...
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