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lupindub · 02-07-2016, 08:43 PM

So long story short I have a VERY slow leak coming from God know's where and currently trying to pinpoint it. As someone who's generally new to cars, i'm not even sure where to begin looking for this mysterious leak.

As far as I can tell from doing a little research, the places that other FRS/BRZ owner's seem to have oil leaks are from:
-Cam Plate (Can someone confirm if this is only on the MT or is it also on the AT?)
-Timing chain cover
-Valve Cover
-Oil drain plug
Any other places I should be checking for?

Also, even though I just named some of the places where the leak may be coming from, I have no idea where they are located on the car... Every time I do a search; for example "Cam plate oil leak", user's will post pictures of where the leak is but it's so close up I can't even tell what i'm looking at. So it would be awesome if anyone can show me WHERE on the car the things I listed above are located, thanks.

02-07-2016, 08:43 PM	#1
lupindub Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Drives: Scion FR-S Location: Michigan Posts: 285 Thanks: 228 Thanked 95 Times in 48 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Where are all the possible places oil can leak from the FRS/BRZ? So long story short I have a VERY slow leak coming from God know's where and currently trying to pinpoint it. As someone who's generally new to cars, i'm not even sure where to begin looking for this mysterious leak. As far as I can tell from doing a little research, the places that other FRS/BRZ owner's seem to have oil leaks are from: -Cam Plate (Can someone confirm if this is only on the MT or is it also on the AT?) -Timing chain cover -Valve Cover -Oil drain plug Any other places I should be checking for? Also, even though I just named some of the places where the leak may be coming from, I have no idea where they are located on the car... Every time I do a search; for example "Cam plate oil leak", user's will post pictures of where the leak is but it's so close up I can't even tell what i'm looking at. So it would be awesome if anyone can show me WHERE on the car the things I listed above are located, thanks.