grocerygetter Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 OK here is the deal, sitting in traffic and at idle last week I thought I keep seeing slight puffs of smoke coming up from under my passenger side hood out of the corner of my eye. Well changing the oil this weekend I noticed that it looks like I have a leak somewhere in the area of my exhaust manifold near the timing belt area. I have not noticed it at speed because it probably disapates so much that I dont notice. Does anyone know what would cause this? I replaced the oil cap last year, maybe a cam seal? Pics are looking up from near oil drain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteT5 Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Could very possibly be a cam seal. When I put my cams in, I didn't seat one of the seals properly, and I had a steady leak of a few drops a minute that was leaking onto the exhaust manifold in a location very similar to the one pictured there. The only puzzling thing though is that mine was dripping onto the runner from cylinder #4 (assuming #1 is on the passenger side). Yours looks to be between #1 and #2, closer to the front cam seals, which are no fun to replace. Absolute best way to determine source would be w/ some oil safe UV dye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grocerygetter Posted March 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Do you think it could be excessive crank case pressure and its bleeding out the path of least resistance? aka my cam seals? Maybe a PCV job is needed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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