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is my crankshaft leaking oiL?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 4:23 PM
well i don't kno whats goin on ....every time i drive my car and park it and come back like an hour later i see ilke a puddle of oil from underneath where the timing chain is at? what does this mean ....it wasn't doin that before ..when i took it too some dumbass mechanic to change my timing chain and said that oh it might me your heads warped..and blah blah blah!! is it true!? ...i noticed it when i was changing my serpentine belt the other day. never did that till he touched it ughh helpP thnx : )


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Re: is my crankshaft leaking oiL?
Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:33 AM
Warped head doesn't typically mean oil leak, but can lead to a more expensive bill! Could be oil pan gasket, or front bearing seal.
Re: is my crankshaft leaking oiL?
Thursday, November 02, 2006 4:50 AM
There is a seal that sometimes goes bad around where then crank pulley slides through the timing cover. Just a place to look.



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