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King Tut · 02-19-2013, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mwemy

i had fixed an 86 yesterday with this exact problem, it seems that all the engines were made on the assembly line as a base engine, then later on the plate was added if it was manual and a pump added it if was auto, inbetween the plate being added, the sealant would of bin "semi" dried, and once putting the plate on (with more than sufficient amount of sealant i might add) it has ripped a bit of the sealant away from the 2 surfaced of the top and bottom rocker cover plates,...
after re-sealing the plate (30 min job) with toyota black sealant, and doing a fair few high temp runs, it was not leaking, but only time will tell.... this particular car was july build, but only had 1500km on it

Sounds reasonable to me. I forgot about resealing mine this weekend. I would tell most people to just take it to the dealership. It is easy to have them stick their hand down there and feel the oil and it is easy to get to and unbolt, so I think even a dealership should be able to handle resealing it.

5hairpins · 02-23-2013, 11:36 AM

Just got back from the dealership for oil change and I had they check the plate. They did not see a leak but they did check the bolts and now the service manager is aware of the issue. As I go to a low volume Scion dealership, they don't see too many of the FRSs come through and it was still a first time seeing the car for many of the guys so it drew a crowd.

mact · 02-23-2013, 07:03 PM

I have the leak too. I'll repair mine when I change my oil.

Chimpo · 02-24-2013, 10:05 AM

I finally was able to check mine yesterday and i found it fairly oily on the bottom. I tried prying the plate off after taking out the bolts, but wasn't comfortable with the amount of force it was gonna take (didn't want to bend it) so i reinstalled the bolts and cleaned up what i could. Hopefully the"new snug" is enough.

Ltngbrz · 02-25-2013, 10:25 PM

I have a leak too. Been stinky and to dealer once about it. They blew it off as coating placed on it for open container shipping over the ocean. 10k now. Going to contact dealer tomorrow.

mact · 02-25-2013, 11:01 PM

People that have performed this fix themselves, do you have pictures?

sw20kosh · 02-26-2013, 03:51 AM

Haven't noticed a smell, but did find this tonight after parking my car for 3 hrs.

Oil level looks good though so it must be a slow leak, maybe at the top of the engine somewhere. Maybe from that plate? I'll check in the day time.

A nickel for refrence

jeebus · 02-26-2013, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sw20kosh

Haven't noticed a smell, but did find this tonight after parking my car for 3 hrs.

Oil level looks good though so it must be a slow leak, maybe at the top of the engine somewhere. Maybe from that plate? I'll check in the day time.

A nickel for refrence

wow, AFAIK nobody else has had enough leak to see on the ground.

Foobar · 02-26-2013, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sw20kosh

Haven't noticed a smell, but did find this tonight after parking my car for 3 hrs.

Oil level looks good though so it must be a slow leak, maybe at the top of the engine somewhere. Maybe from that plate? I'll check in the day time.

Definitely get that checked out. If that's from one 3-hr sitting, I'd worry about a significant leak.

Ltngbrz · 02-26-2013, 01:12 PM

Never have seem any oil on the ground. All burns off on the exhaust.

sw20kosh · 02-26-2013, 08:05 PM

Had it checked. It was a leak from the oil drain plug. Fixed.

roddy · 02-26-2013, 09:19 PM

I checked on mine this weekend while changing the oil...no leak yet. FR-S #02955.

SloS13 · 02-27-2013, 08:37 AM

I have this leak too

Ltngbrz · 03-02-2013, 07:15 PM

Fixed at dealer. Took them 1 hour 45 minutes-ridiculous. They took off the plate, cleaned and resealed. Looks like a good fix. I took a little WD-40 and a rag and cleaned all the burnt up oil off the exhaust. Haven't driven to test smell yet. Keeping my hopes up. Now onto the rear deck popping issue!

02-23-2013, 07:03 PM	#87
mact Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 13 GTI Location: WI Posts: 416 Thanks: 119 Thanked 204 Times in 97 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I have the leak too. I'll repair mine when I change my oil. __________________

02-25-2013, 11:01 PM	#90
mact Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 13 GTI Location: WI Posts: 416 Thanks: 119 Thanked 204 Times in 97 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	People that have performed this fix themselves, do you have pictures? __________________

02-26-2013, 09:19 PM	#96
roddy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: '13 Ultramarine Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 2,243 Thanks: 1,476 Thanked 1,165 Times in 685 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I checked on mine this weekend while changing the oil...no leak yet. FR-S #02955. __________________ no man with a good car needs to be justified...

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Chimpo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: '15 STi Ltd Location: Probably a location near you! Posts: 297 Thanks: 37 Thanked 149 Times in 61 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I finally was able to check mine yesterday and i found it fairly oily on the bottom. I tried prying the plate off after taking out the bolts, but wasn't comfortable with the amount of force it was gonna take (didn't want to bend it) so i reinstalled the bolts and cleaned up what i could. Hopefully the"new snug" is enough.

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sw20kosh Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 Black FR-S Location: SF Posts: 3,030 Thanks: 881 Thanked 2,014 Times in 990 Posts Mentioned: 153 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Haven't noticed a smell, but did find this tonight after parking my car for 3 hrs. Oil level looks good though so it must be a slow leak, maybe at the top of the engine somewhere. Maybe from that plate? I'll check in the day time. A nickel for refrence

02-26-2013, 01:12 PM	#94
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Ltngbrz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 2013 #2073 SSM BRZ Limited MT Location: Clyde, North Carolina Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Fixed at dealer. Took them 1 hour 45 minutes-ridiculous. They took off the plate, cleaned and resealed. Looks like a good fix. I took a little WD-40 and a rag and cleaned all the burnt up oil off the exhaust. Haven't driven to test smell yet. Keeping my hopes up. Now onto the rear deck popping issue!

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