Common SR20DET oil leak?

[JDM_virgin]

Fez06 noticed this on my car at the jap show on sunday and said that his does exactly the same

there seems to be a slight oil leak on the front of the engine, i will grab a picture in a bit but its to the right hand side of the block behind a pully, i think its the AC pully? not pissing out but got that oily gritty sludge build up. Fez said he has been round his with a mirror and all sorts and still cant find where its coming from, any suggestions?

im not losing any oil but just looks a bit untidy under the bonnet

 

[s15ollie]

i have exactly this too :S

 

[John-]

deviating from the point of this thread, but saw your car at japfest, looked nice :thumbs:

 

[JDM_virgin]

literally have no idea where this is coming from

Cheers John, yeah it is a nice one as far as S15's go. seeing the other 2 there has definately made me decided i need to lower it. and i need to get the wheels refurbed at some point too but lack of funds atm

 

[fez06]

The leak seems to be from the Vvt thing I think just above pas pump. Had a quick look around everyone else's sr,s at show n they all seem to do it lol give it a good steam off n some brake cleaner dude mines misting again but still looks fairly clean now

 

[JDM_virgin]

Suppose i will just have to keep on top of it, i wonder if its a weak gasket or something. odd that all SR's seem to have it

 

[Auss15]

Guy's it's the very very common timing chain front cover oil seal. mine has had it for the past 9 years. It's the silicon seal they use for the timing chain cover, an orange colour. It's caused by the fact it gets hard under heat and weeps. I just clean it with degreaser occasionally.It doesn't get any worse. It's a prick of a job to reseal, that's why most guys just leave it. It's a very small weep.

 

[JDM_virgin]

I'll be leaving that then, just wanted to know what it was. At least its not serious anyway

 

[Sparky]

Yep, mine has that too !

 

[John-]

mine doesn't..

 

[JDM_virgin]

Ooo look at john with his perfect SR haha

 

[fez06]

^^ lol

 

[John-]

Haha! I was just sharing!

 

[Chriscooke]

A lot of SR's do it. Nothing to worry about