Still leaking, worse than ever

After a day of rope tricks and greasy fingers I finally changed the front seals, timing belt, covers and V belts, only to have what looks to be a worse leak than before. I drove the brick for about 5 minutes then opened the hood. There was a trickle of oil leaking out of the timing belt cover and upon opening it up I saw all the work I did basking in hot oil.

I figured I’d give it another run, so this time I drove on a higher speed boulevard until I started smelling something burning. I looked in the rear view and there was a cloud of smoke trailing me. I was driving in a loop and pulled the car back into the driveway and checked the dipstick. It looks like I went through a 1/2 quart in about 4 miles. Wonderful.

I’ve got an appointment at Don Beyer Volvo, Falls Church, VA for 8AM tomorrow. I just can’t go through this crap again, especially since I can’t tell where the leak is coming from. They’re offering 15% off service for cars over 120k miles. Lucky me.

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3 thoughts on “Still leaking, worse than ever

  1. Alden

    Sorry to hear about that :( Hopefully matt will work on it then. He’s one of the guys on turbobricks. Which seal is leaking so bad?

  2. DoctorJay Post author

    I think it’s the crankshaft front oil seal and/or clogged flame trap. The seal went in way to easily, and I think either the spring popped out or it went too far back. The flametrap isn’t old but it looked pretty nasty when I opened it up.

    Do you know Matt’s ID on TurboBricks?

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