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Oil leak help
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Wipe it all clean. Go for a little drive until it's warmed up. Park it on the level. Open the bonnet and let it cool down. Carefully look and/or feel around the rocker cover gasket as I would definitely think that is the number one culprit if oil is dripping onto the exhaust manifold. It may have been fitted incorrectly/nipped or possibly be a cheap/inferior quality item. Was RTV sealant used on the quadrant sections ?
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The replacement of the rocker cover gasket would be my concern too as it probably wasn’t fitted correctly. At least that would be an easy fix.
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It's quite common for a rocket cover gasket on the 2.0 to still leak after replacement. This is due to the cover itself warping ever so slightly. The solution is a new cover which is expensive or simply use some liquid gasket/sealant on the rubber gasket to get a good seal.
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are additives ever good to resolve this?MACK wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:42 amIt's quite common for a rocket cover gasket on the 2.0 to still leak after replacement. This is due to the cover itself warping ever so slightly. The solution is a new cover which is expensive or simply use some liquid gasket/sealant on the rubber gasket to get a good seal.