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Registered: June 2003
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Mystery oil leak
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Sun, 11 September 2005 23:59
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GDay,
There is an oil leak from my 4age and im buggered if i can find it. I pulled the sump off and resiliconed it, replaced the oil filter, replaced the rocker cover gaskets and the distributor O-Ring all with genuine Toyota parts, all this has reduced the size of the leak but im still dropping small patches of oil each night in the driveway.
Its an 87 ae82, big port, red top and the oil is leaking from the front of the engine on the drivers side, I can tell this because there is always a slight amount of oil that has accumulated on the bracket for the the air conditioner motor.
Any help??? Anyone had this problem before?
Cheers
Blayne
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Location: Castle Hill
Registered: August 2003
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Re: Mystery oil leak
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Mon, 12 September 2005 03:56
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would it be anywhere near the dizzy?
Cause even tho you replaced the o-ring, on alot of 4AGE's the actual seals inside the dizzy are rooted and it will leak through the middle of the dizzy.
Do a search for "Incurable oil leaks" or something like that and you will find a helpful thread with pics and all about how to fix it yourself!
Hope that gets it!
Goodluck.
-Whitchy-
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Location: 1st street on the right
Registered: November 2002
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Re: Mystery oil leak
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Mon, 12 September 2005 04:00
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Change to non mystery oil. Should solve the problem.
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Location: Toronto, Downtown
Registered: September 2004
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Re: Mystery oil leak
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Mon, 12 September 2005 04:47
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might be the front main seal allways a common one to go
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I supported Toymods
Location: Australia
Registered: November 2003
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Re: Mystery oil leak
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Mon, 12 September 2005 07:17
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Yes, front main seal, oil pump seal, and rear main seals are also common leakers on motors.
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Registered: June 2003
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Location: MACKAY
Registered: May 2002
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Re: Mystery oil leak
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Mon, 12 September 2005 21:03
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Yes check your cam seals .
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Location: Sydney NSW
Registered: July 2004
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Location: brisbane
Registered: October 2004
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Re: Mystery oil leak
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Wed, 14 September 2005 01:21
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if you cant find it anywhere then i have heard you can add uv dye to your leaking liquid and use a uv light to check where the leaking source is at night.
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Location: 1st street on the right
Registered: November 2002
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Re: Mystery oil leak
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Wed, 14 September 2005 05:07
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Thats for A/c gas only as far as i've ever seen
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