Oil Leak from the engine plastic top cover and oil recomendations

Oil Leaking Onto Top of Engine - SwedeSpeed

You may have a leaky oil cap gasket that is spewing hot oil all over the cover and then melting the plastic loom. Also check the condition ...

Leak around the oil cap - TDIClub Forums

The oil leak around the oil filler cap, it is caused by the insufficient oil cap rubber gasket thickness. It's an easy fix and very inexpensive.

help with cleaning oil leak in engine bay

You could spray it with some brake cleaner. Then spray it down again when you're finished with the gasket. The mating surfaces of the gasket and ...

Oil leak at the top of the engine? (right back) - MBWorld.org Forums

Look closely and you should see if it's the valve cover gasket or the turbo oil cooler lines. If it's the latter, it's an awful, engine out, procedure.

Oil build up on engine bay plastics, Catch can time?

it is baked on there. now, if it literally is oil gobbed up.. check your pcv line from your front valve cover to your IM. that may have ...

Oil leak around the dip stick area - Car Talk Community

The most common place I've had engine oil leaks is from a faulty valve cover gasket. Noonamee February 12, 2019, 4:20pm 10.

OIl Leak - top of engine | Land Rover and Range Rover Forums

As Paul mentioned, it might be worth taking a harder look at the valve cover gasket. The repair manual directs you to apply RTV sealant to the ...

Oil leaking from valve cover 6 month old car? - Drive Accord

I suggest that you wipe off what is there on the cylinder head and valve cover and drive around for a month or so and recheck to see if it ...

THIS IS WHY VALVE COVER KEEPS LEAKING OIL AFTER ...

In this video I explain why your valve cover keeps leaking oil after changing the gasket Top5autorepairs Subscribe.

Oil residue on top of valve cover - North American Motoring

It's either a bad valve cover gasket, or there's a crack in the cover or PCV system itself. Clean the area, and see where the seepage occurs afterwards.

Best oil for small oil leak timing cover? | BobIsTheOilGuy

Most older engines probably have such stains or seepage. Until it was leaking where you can see the change on your dipstick over a week I wouldn ...

Another Oil Leak: first, valve cover, now what? - 11th Gen Civic Forum

I'd say it is leftover oil from the valvecover leak, oil that leaks from above often ends up in that spot, or they didn't fix the first leak ...

recall on oil leak from left side of engine? | 9th Gen Civic Forum

From the valve cover, like the gasket or the top where the grommets are? You could remove the nuts holding the valve cover and retighten ...

Valve Cover Oil Leak, Best Option??? - Hyundai Forums

If all else fails, you can use "high mileage" motor oil, which is designed to swell up gaskets like that. Over time, these gaskets dry out and ...

Oil on top of valve cover? - TDIClub Forums

Each injector hold down plate has a little gasket on it. The injectors themselves go down into a cavity between the camshafts, which is "inside" the engine, so ...

Common Oil Leak Areas From Engine? - Honda Odyssey Forum

Front spool valve (top, dipstick goes through it) and rear oil pressure switches (above oil filter on rear of engine) will be the likely leak locations.

Rear Main Seal, Rear Main Cover, or Oil Pan Gasket Remnants?

There have been reports that the cover will leak, or seep. Take your finger and feel on top of the cover, there is an area on top where oil will ...

Oil Leak Location Question | 2017+ Chrysler Pacifica Minivan Forums

It is also possible that whoever has been doing oil changes hasn't been replacing the o-ring in the filter cap, and it is seaping around the cap ...

Valve cover oil leak - North American Motoring

Yep, mine did that also when i spilled it once. Pop that front cover off and clean up the oil. Then drive and check it later. If its still leaks ...

Front cover leak - A sign for worse to come??? - Ford Focus RS Forum

I see, yeah not sure if I want to deal with a leaky engine in my daily. Just feel like it could be a money pit waiting to happen. I checked oil ...