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Old 02-16-2018, 01:21 PM   #1
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Oil leak on front cam seal?
I was looking at the pics the shop took while my BRZ was getting repaired and I noticed that one of my cam-end-covers (?) is darker than the other three, looks like there is some oil leaking in that area. Has anyone else had issues in that arear? Or on one of the other ones?
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Old 02-16-2018, 02:08 PM   #2
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Pretty common issue. Had my car get fix under warranty. It has TSB for it for oil leak in few areas.
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Old 02-16-2018, 02:35 PM   #3
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Yes, all too common place for an oil leak.

Why was your car in the shop .. ??


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Pretty common issue. Had my car get fix under warranty. It has TSB for it for oil leak in few areas.
Yep.
Here is the TSB for the most common.
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Yes, all too common place for an oil leak.

Why was your car in the shop .. ??


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Cool, thanks guys, I will check it out. I took a look at it and it seems pretty light, there is nothing on the under panel and nothing is actually wet.
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Cool, thanks guys, I will check it out. I took a look at it and it seems pretty light, there is nothing on the under panel and nothing is actually wet.
Ya I don't think I would even worry about trying to fix that. Just clean it up and see if it comes back.
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Ya I don't think I would even worry about trying to fix that. Just clean it up and see if it comes back.

I have a few months left on my warranty, so I think that is what I am going to do. If it comes back, I will have them deal with it.
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I have a few months left on my warranty, so I think that is what I am going to do. If it comes back, I will have them deal with it.
Oh ya for sure if still in warranty.
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Ya I don't think I would even worry about trying to fix that. Just clean it up and see if it comes back.


Yeah, that's what I'm doing. Mine is leaking same place as OP as well as the passenger side cam cover I think. Cleaned it all up and paying more attention to oil consumption to figure out how bad it really is.
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Ya I don't think I would even worry about trying to fix that. Just clean it up and see if it comes back.
I don't thiiiiiiiiink so .......


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Oh ya for sure if still in warranty.

Mine is a late MY13, sold June 29, 2013 and only had 3k on it when I bought it in January 2016...so I still have some left



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it was there before all of that (grimy dirty buildup), I just hadn't noticed since it isn't dripping down on anything. And nothing got pushed back into the front of the engine, the engine sits so low in these things it stayed under the affected area. My Perrin tube did get cut by my top pulley/belt, but there's barely any clearance there to begin with.
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it was there before all of that (grimy dirty buildup), I just hadn't noticed since it isn't dripping down on anything. And nothing got pushed back into the front of the engine, the engine sit so low in these things it stayed under the affected area. My Perrin tube did get cut by my top pulley/belt, but there's barely any clearance there to begin with.
I was jest ah spoofing on ....... the body condition ....... about it "coming back", like in metal coming back to it's original position after being bent .....


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Yeah, that's what I'm doing. Mine is leaking same place as OP as well as the passenger side cam cover I think. Cleaned it all up and paying more attention to oil consumption to figure out how bad it really is.
Place over the leak(s).

Tape into place.

Change once per month.

There ya go!


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Place over the leak(s).

Tape into place.

Change once per month.

There ya go!


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