[V8] FW: oil leak

Thu Aug 24 01:11:33 EDT 2006

I had our tech tighten my left side bank head bolts - 93 4.2.

It sure looks like reduced flow - just a little drip after running for 15
minutes. But it is hard to tell in the summer time. Winter when the engine
is colder the oil flow increases during that warm-up period.

How is your engine doing after the gasket replacement?

Paul Jager

-----Original Message-----
From: ttaddict at enter.net [mailto:ttaddict at enter.net]
Sent: May 12, 2006 7:26 PM
To: pjager at telus.net
Subject: Re: [V8] FW: oil leak

i also had the same leak more on the right frt head, and im
in the process of reassembling the motor. i pulled it out,
pulled the heads rebuilt them and resealed the whole motor.
definitely leaking head gaskets but after dissasembly no
visible clues as to why, had no visible damage to gasket or
surfaces but the leaks were difinitly in the same area of
the head. if you flip the right head to the left bank the
problem area is now in the rear corner. both of mine were
leaking but the right side was really pouring especially
when cold it would actually pour on the ground sometime for
the first 2-3 minutes of running after it warmed up would
considerably slow down to almost nothing. i should have it
back together and running in the next few weeks will let you
know how it does.
                later les  autoexcel   93 v8 165k

> I have the same leak rear RH side.
>
> It does appear to be the head gasket. By running low
> viscosity oil it lowers the oil pressure and slows the
> leak.
>
> I was thinking of turning the head bolts 1/4 turn or so.
> But ultimately there is an issue with the block/heads or
> the gasket itself. RPM Sensors etc are oil coated.  I
> can't see anywhere else this leak could come from.
>
> 93 4.2 ~ 120K miles.
>
>
> Paul
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CB&D, LLC" <cbdllc at ntelos.net>
> To: "@V8 list" <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 5:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [V8] oil leak
>
>
> > In my quest for a dry motor I cleaned it today.  Two
> > cans of Gunk and a power washer hooked to hot water.
> > The good news is it looks great.  The not so good news
> > are the oil leak(s)  I have one on the left rear and one
> on the right front. >
> > The rear leak appears just under the exhaust header for
> > cylinder 8 and drips off the corner of the block.  The
> > distributor and valve cover seals are new and dry.  The
> > motor mount and RPM sensor heat shield block a view of
> > the exact point of origin, but it appears that it can
> only be the head gasket. >
> > The leak at the front appears just under the exhaust for
> > cylinder 1 and pools in the "V" at the top of the cover
> > that the oil sensors attach to and then runs down on top
> > of the alternator.  I thought this leak was coming from
> > the front cover, but now that things are clean it looks
> more like the head gasket. >
> > So...the motors clean for now, but it looks like a "dry"
> > motor are not in the cards for me any time soon.
> >
> > Has anyone done the head gaskets that can encourage me
> > with a "oh, that's easy to fix"?
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: v8-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
> > swett at comcast.net Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 12:04 PM
> > To: v8 at audifans.com
> > Subject: [V8] 93 4.2 oil leak
> >
> > Hello V8 heads,
> >
> > I'm having some trouble finding the source of a pretty
> > large oil leak on the drivers side bank of my 93 4.2.
> > Not being very familiar with this engine yet, allow me
> to ask for your expertise. >
> > This leak appears to be coming off the back corner of
> > the head, at the head gasket.  Is there a distributor
> > gasket that could be blown sending oil down along this
> > route?  I thought I've heard or read of somebody else
> > over the years experiencing this leak.  It just doesn't
> > seem to me that a head gasket could leak oil at this
> rate. I'm hoping that either my V/C gasket is leaking or
> > perhaps something at the distributor.  Car has 100k on
> it. >
> > would love to hear about any similiar symptoms of this
> > nature that you've seen before.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Regards,
> > Allen
> > Too many audis to list.
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