Oil leaks!!!
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Oil leaks!!!
I picked up my 04 wrx the other day only to discover it has an oil leak coming from what I believe to be the valve cover by the turbo. If it is the valve cover how difficult of a job am I looking at?
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Originally Posted by 04caliwrx
Welcome and can you take some pictures, it could be the turbo seal. How many miles do you have on the car and is the car on a stock turbo?
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check the hose that is under the turbo those tend to leak..its going to be hard to see since its under the turbo..best way is to lift the car enough to fit under and look under the turbo
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Originally Posted by 1JavaBlk_in_Sac
I bet it's your oil separator plate gasket. $6 at dealership and easy to replace
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Overheating could be a number of things, but as you likely know, head gasket would be the one you don't want it to be, but better check your radiator and hoses. The stock radiators definitely are likely to have issues by 165K. When I did my timing belt at 105K, when they went to disconnect the hoses, they found mine cracked at the top just waiting for a bad time to fail.
leaking on one side at that mileage is a good chance of it being the valve cover gasket on that side. I have 118K on mine and just did them because they were both leaking.
leaking on one side at that mileage is a good chance of it being the valve cover gasket on that side. I have 118K on mine and just did them because they were both leaking.
Last edited by 04GG; 11-07-2012 at 03:46 PM.
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