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Diagnose My Oil Leak

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Diagnose My Oil Leak

Post by Weiner »

Hi guys, got a oil leak in my LN106 lux, with a 2.8D, and wondering if any of you can tell me where it might be coming from before I pull bits and pieces off? Its from the RHS

It also has got a intermittent knocking/ticking noise from the front of the engine.


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Post by Buggerific »

From that pic I would assume rocker cover gasket... Easy fix. The knock i'm not so sure about.
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Post by Reddo »

your radiator looks like crap, with that knock, sure you havent cooked it and spun a big end?
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Post by beinthemud »

Id say Not useing a funnel to fill the oil
Possibly a rocker gasket leak , But more like a bad filling effort and a front crank seal leak
As Oil dosent tend to travel up unless its under pressure/forced
The Knocking could be evidance of an Engine being in there but is hard to tell with all the mud
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Post by IN24BZ »

Poor filling attempt as said before , rocker cover , possible camshaft seal retaining plate.. assuming its like every other 2.8 i have opened up. and the front crank seal will definately be leaking i am yet to see one that does not have evidence of it. spend 2 dollars on a can of de greaser and go to car lovers.. clean your engine bay and then monitor where the leak starts to come from its easier to track it that way.
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What torque? Tighten it till it strips and then back it off half a turn.
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Post by IN24BZ »

ps your car looks as tho it enjoys the mud somewhat , id be cleaning the core of that radiator if you value your 2.8 =]
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What torque? Tighten it till it strips and then back it off half a turn.
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Post by Weiner »

Radiator is brand new, just don't wanna risk driving it to the car wash yet.

Spilled oil when topping it up after the leak, so not that.

Thanks, will take a look at that gasket
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Post by hiluxmad »

which oil stain?
the one near the rocker?
or the under the extractors?
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Post by LuxyBoy »

Can't really see from the photos but it might also be from the oil cooler manifold that the filter screws onto; looks more forward of that so so i would think crank case is more likely.

Clean, degrease amd then diagnose.

Knocking.........sounds like you have a diesel :lol:
Could be a wide range of things.
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Post by IN24BZ »

[quote="LuxyBoy"]
Knocking.........sounds like you have a diesel :lol:
Could be a wide range of things.[/quote]


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Post by Weiner »

The one coming from near the headers.

I would take it down to the car wash but I don't know if it is going to cause more damage withthe leak etc.

Might just do it.
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