Oil leak (1 Viewer)

[usnick1982]

I have removed my front right tire to swap for a winter set and found an oil leak (see photo). My lc is at 99k miles, i use 0w20 every 10k miles and oil level drops half quart (halfway bw marks on a stick). Is it a cam leak?
From other issues radiator hasnt cracked yet and starter not clicking yet so i was hoping for another 100k until i do something big. I heard its like 3k to fix cam leak.

 

[Taco2Cruiser]

Yep, cam tower. And yep, $3k to fix at a dealership.

I sealed mine up myself, drops cost down to about $350 with new water pump. However, while not hard, it's not a job for someone that hasn't opened up an engine before and doesn't pay very close attention to details.

 

[TeCKis300]

From another perspective. What's a little leak? I can buy a lot of oil for $3k. Engines don't particularly care unless it's caking some auxiliary component.

It honestly doesn't look bad enough to warrant addressing at the moment. Does it leave any oil on the ground?

 

[TonyP]

If that wasn't close to the alternator I'd say screw it and just de-grease every once and a while. But you don't want your alternator gunked up.

 

[usnick1982]

No pavement oil drops yet. Its 2014 (nov 2013 purchase) so definitely hoped to avoid any initial production issues but ...
Will drop bottom shield and have a closer look everywhere else.
Thx for headsup on alternator!
With 300 in the works and another 3yrs for small fixes (turbo, hydrid.. 6yrs?? ) probably will havr to look into replacing waterpump,radiator,starter, cam seal all at once. Just ordered Haynes repair manual off amazon

 

[usnick1982]

Took it to a dealer, showed them photos. They looked all over couldn't find the source and ended up putting a dye into oil. So after 850miles they looked again and couldn't find anything... they said it was old...
Then i recalled that about 50k ago dealer spilled bunch of oil in a bay so it was even smoking with engine running..
I will try to reach to this area and clean it and observe

 

[32cls6speedmt]

Great news!

 

[Docboy]

Took it to a dealer, showed them photos. They looked all over couldn't find the source and ended up putting a dye into oil. So after 850miles they looked again and couldn't find anything... they said it was old...
Then i recalled that about 50k ago dealer spilled bunch of oil in a bay so it was even smoking with engine running..
I will try to reach to this area and clean it and observe

Sounds like a good honest dealership there.

 

[Emcd]

It might be a small leak from the timing cover. It’s a low pressure area, so it make take time for the dye to appear.

 

[dubaicruiser]

Took it to a dealer, showed them photos. They looked all over couldn't find the source and ended up putting a dye into oil. So after 850miles they looked again and couldn't find anything... they said it was old...
Then i recalled that about 50k ago dealer spilled bunch of oil in a bay so it was even smoking with engine running..
I will try to reach to this area and clean it and observe

Hey, Hope everything is well. Was wondering if you got any updates after this?