Oil Leak
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Steering rack bushings went out, now this oil leak. Anyone know if this is the camshaft seal that is busted? Valve cover and Front Main seal has been changed 4 months ago.
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I think that I had a similair problem, so keen to hear other people's resolution.
Had an oil leak, and replaced the cranl seals and cam cover seals. After 6 months styarted leaking from somewhere else, and it appeared to be from the actual cam itself (behind the timing belt).
Leak got progressively worse, and then car started cutting out on idle and also surging. Computer code spat out a VVTI error.
We ended up trading the car in, as we were told the cost would have been high, plus the car had other issues to be fixed. Car was 2000 model GS 300 and had 195,000 Km's on it.
Had an oil leak, and replaced the cranl seals and cam cover seals. After 6 months styarted leaking from somewhere else, and it appeared to be from the actual cam itself (behind the timing belt).
Leak got progressively worse, and then car started cutting out on idle and also surging. Computer code spat out a VVTI error.
We ended up trading the car in, as we were told the cost would have been high, plus the car had other issues to be fixed. Car was 2000 model GS 300 and had 195,000 Km's on it.
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i remember i was flamed on the maintenance thread for telling folks to change the vvti cam while theyre at it with their 100k service. the shop will charge you again for labor just to change that if you dont know em or not notice there was a leak until weeks after. basically getting charged twice for the same work that couldve been prevented.
Last edited by Mike813; 08-02-11 at 08:13 AM.
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