[V6-12v] oil leaks driving me nuts....
Brian O'Neill
briano_72 at yahoo.com
Mon May 28 20:26:12 EDT 2007
my 93 90 did the same thing, i replaced the valley pan gasket and the valve cover gaskets, hopeing for the best, but it changed nothing. so i did the 1/4 turn on the head bolts and it made a 50% differance for about 6 months. anything is better than pulling the heads !!
brian o'
mike <mikemk40 at yahoo.com> wrote: I had this problem, its the head gasket leaking oil.
I did read something about putting quarter of a turn
on the head bolts when stone cold but never got round
to it.
A web search should throw something up
--- Rob wrote:
> Patient is 1995 A6Q Sedan standard, with 220k miles.
>
>
>
> I am getting a persistent oil leak(s) in the valley
> between the cylinder
> banks. I have replaced the valley pan gasket and
> have also RTV'd the valve
> cover gaskets temporarily as I am planning on buying
> replacements, but
> wanted to be sure of my leak source 1st. I thought
> I read somewhere
> something about the 12V head gaskets sometimes being
> prone to leaking oil
> and water. Which would explain the reason I have to
> add water every once in
> a while.. Will a compression test show if there is
> a problem? Car runs
> great, just has a highly annoying burning oil smell
> that I really want to be
> rid of.
>
>
>
> I know there are also places on the rear of the
> heads that can leak, but
> that doesn't explain oil accumulating in the valley
> after I replaced the
> valley gasket. Not to mention, valve cover gaskets
> should leak on the down
> side, not on the upper side. Head gaskets though,
> since its under
> compression, I could see them leaking upwards.
>
>
>
> Anyone got any thoughts or suggestions?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Rob
>
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