[V8] '91 V8 Oil leak at Timing Belt cover?

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

It is possible that the leak is the valve cover gasket. There is a "D" shaped
plug that can leak out the front, and it drips down through the timing cover.
Make sure it is not the easy stuff before you tear into it...

Other choices are as you said the cam seal, oil pump drive seal, various o-rings
between the timing cover back half and head, and even the head gasket.
Those all suck.

Dave


Quoting Joe.Griffith at akerkvaerner.com:

>
> My '91 V8 with 135K has a rather large amount of oil leaking from the
> bottom outside of the passenger side timing belt cover. (1 drop every 2
> seconds while above 2K RPM)
>
> Until very recently I was using about a quart of oil about every 600 to
> 800 miles. Yesterday I went through about 4 quarts during my daily
> commute.
>
> I guessing that it is coming from the camshaft seal, anybody have any
> other thoughts?
>
> The PO had the timing belt changed at about 80K, and I was planning to
> replace it again in the spring.  But  it looks like I'll be doing the
> timing belt replacement with all of the other seals ASAP.
>
> Blaufergnugen has a kit for $459 that looks like it includes the belt,
> roller bearings, water pump, dampener shock, and antifreeze.  They also
> rent the special tools for $75. I obviously need to get the crank, cam,
> and oil pump seals as well but the kit seams like a decent price.
>
> Anybody have any other ideas on the best (least expensive) place to get
> the parts?
>
> Do I really need to rent the tools?
>
> I replaced the timing belt on my 99 A4 1.8T about 2 years ago so I have
> some idea of what I'm in for.  I have the Bentley manual and have read
> and reread "Changing the timing belt on early V8" in the KB.
>
> If anybody that's BTDT and could shed some more light on any thing that
> could make it easier I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe
>
>
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