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Old 10-26-2016, 05:38 PM   #351
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I have black ceramic coated headers on mine (much much cooler than stock) & I still got that leak you mentioned I tightened the damn thing & cleaned it & appears OK at this stage.
Wow, I thought about just tightening it, but never was sure that it might help. I'll definitely try it, thanks!
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Old 10-26-2016, 05:42 PM   #352
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Cars used to be built to last such as the 240sx... newer cars are not made nearly as well. Sure on paper they perform better than older cars but the quality isn't there anymore. Look at the newer mustangs the body panels don't even line up correctly normally. Kinda like cell phones... flip phones lasted forever... the newer phones last around 2 years. I love the twins but any new car isn't going to last as long as older cars from the 90s in my personal opinion.
I had too many 240s (silvias, actually) to agree with that. They are same quality, but it just costs 25k less
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Old 10-26-2016, 08:18 PM   #353
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There's no head gasket...lmao sealant... so yeah..
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Old 10-26-2016, 08:21 PM   #354
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Hey guys, I have similar problem here.
So about a week ago I decided to put an aftermarket exhaust (Tomei header, Milltek o/p and frontpipe) and I saw an oil leak on right cylinder head from valve cover.
I brought car to the dealership today and they refused to do anything because of aftermarket exhaust. They are saying that because OE parts have heat shields on them and aftermarket don't there is too much heat created by overpipe and this is what damaged gasket.
I have OE overpipe in my garage and it's heat shield is also covered with oil, so this proofs that oil leak was there before I put upgrades on.
What do you think: is there a chance that other dealership will fix it? What if I'll put OE overpipe back on car with heat shield and bring it to different dealership will they see comments from this one mentioning aftermarket exhaust?

I don't mind fixing it myself if it actually was my fault, but it isn't and I hate the fact that every time I go to dealership they are trying to find an excuse to not honor Toyota's warranty.
I had that "clucking handbrake" issue and 2 dealerships just told me to pay for diagnostics without promising to do anything about it, but I finally got it fixed today under warranty (at the same place which denied fixing oil leak).
Last week my rear tire started to leak pressure and I had to spend about 4 hrs in dealership to make them replace it under warranty and they were denying it until I called Toyota Financial Services who sold me premium plus program which covers tires even if there is a nail in it.
I have that "cricket noise" from the high pressure fuel pump and again got denial from dealership when I brought a car to them because TSB was for cars which are older than mine.

Sorry for providing so much details but it's getting to the point where I just want to sell this piece of junk (speaking of car's reliability) and buy a 25yrs old 240sx and maintain it myself rather than have a new car which keeps breaking down and dealers are denying to fix it.


I'm right along with you. I've had almost the exact same situation as you. Car has been serviced 6+ times initially for oil leak at the timing cover, after the 2nd repair started smelling oil again and they put a new seal within the hour. Then I noticed a loud clicking noise and determined it was the fuel pump. Also still smell oil every now and then so They are checking on that while it's being serviced. They are replacing the fuel pump right now. I am looking into compensation possibly an extended warranty at no charge and an engineer to evaluate the condition of my engine instead of a 17 year old technician at my local Subaru dealership applying temporary fixes. I believe All of these problems route from the factory oil seal put on the car when it was manufactured. And my time window for taking action is running out, as lemon claims can only be made within 1 year of purchase, and my 5 year powertrain warrant is quickly running out. Sorry to rant but I am seriously disappointed with the vehicle and how cheaply it was made. I never would have got the car if I would have know I'd be dealing with these problems. I'd love to modify the car but I'm scared to put the $800 headers on because of an expensive part breaking like the fuel pump they are replacing, and then not honoring my warranty. Anyone else in this predicament? Smh



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Old 10-26-2016, 10:15 PM   #355
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@Jyoung1996 I can definitely confirm with you there is a noise out of the ordinary there. And I agree with your laments, I'm just glad I don't have any serious issues on my car yet.
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Old 10-27-2016, 11:11 PM   #356
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There's no head gasket...lmao sealant... so yeah..
Wait? Between head and valve cover? I was thinking that there is just sealant, but manual says that there is a gasket.
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Old 11-07-2016, 05:00 AM   #357
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Cars used to be built to last such as the 240sx... newer cars are not made nearly as well
You make a good point there, personally I prefer to blame Subaru as my previous highly-strung Toyota never had these problems, not even after 300K kms.
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Old 11-12-2016, 05:43 PM   #358
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Hey guys im new here i just picked up a 2013 silver ignition frs 6 speed mt with 52k miles and unfortunately it has an oil leak; no oil on the floor but its all over the timing cover is there a simple way of fixing this or will the engine have to come out and get resealed?
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Hey guys im new here i just picked up a 2013 silver ignition frs 6 speed mt with 52k miles and unfortunately it has an oil leak; no oil on the floor but its all over the timing cover is there a simple way of fixing this or will the engine have to come out and get resealed?
Pretty sure the engine has to come out. People that had it done at the dealer lost their cars for several days.

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Old 11-12-2016, 09:12 PM   #362
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Hello @Silverfrs86 ...... and welcome to FR-S ownership and ye ol forum .....

Yep, your engine is seeping oil for sure.

If it is out of warranty, I would suggest that you spray some degreaser on the area and wipe it off best you can.

After a few miles, check and see where it's seeping. Is it just around the dip stick tube or along the seam between the block and cam chain cover?

Then you can decide how to proceed. If it's just the dip stick tube, maybe it can be fixed without removing the engine.

If it leaking at the seam, the engine is usually removed to re-seal the cover.

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You could just let it seep ....... the engine won't bleed to death.

Hell, back in the day, if an engine didn't leak somewhere, either it was out of oil (borrowed that from @Tcoat) or the owner just wasn't payen attention.

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Yeah, I'm with @humfrz. That's just weeping a tad. Spray it down with some degreaser and hose it off. It took a long time to get that way. Once you find the source you can probably just wipe it down once in a while with a shop rag and some wd-40.
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Thank you guys for your help very informative. Ill be washing it off and finding out where its coming from but ill just have to learn to live with it; the oil doesnt seem to be getting any lower its exactly where i left it at after i changed the oil

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