Steam coming from engine bay :-(

[insanity007]

If I'm facing the engine bay I have steam coming from the bottom right hand side of the engine after running the car for a while.

The water in the radiator and the reservoir are not going down and none of the oils are either. The car's also not misbehaving. I'm stumped ???

The burn has a rubbery burn mixed with anti-freeze smell...

[Scoobydoo]

Rocker cover leaking oil onto exhaust?

[mattapo]

+1

[Divine]

I have this issue, only when boosting though.

I'm getting it sorted at CroweSport soon. I hate the smell when the a/c is on. Plus its probably bad

[mattapo]

Yep, same here, open it up a bit and get the smell, mine isnt smoking yet but will need to sort it soon

[ben-jamminn]

I had this, the hose clamp on the bottom radiator hose was loose and coolant was dribbling out and getting flicked onto the headers. I've also had leaking rocker covers but never had steam from the oil hitting the exhaust? Definitely had a bad smell though

[WRXONP]

you need to figure out if its steam or smoke . steam will be coolant burning. smoke will be oil burning . . . common as subaru feature for the rocker cover to seep oil and it to drip and burn on manifold . . . coolant burning could be coming from water pump or tho hoses around the water pump

[johnny5]

makes you wonder why subaru havent addressed the rocker cover issue definately is a pain in the ass especially since the prices for oem gaskets are so high generic copies are just useless

[WRXONP]

there are ways around it lol

[johnny5]

true that Im all ears heard a few but currrent car has never leaked touch wood

[WRXONP]

lol lol lol last time i mentioned my fix i got laid into . . . mainly by people who have never built an engine in there life . . . i have built hundreds and used silicone on gaskets with no problems . you just don't go crazy and put heaps on . . a light smear helps stop the gaskets leaking . .

waits to be shot down

[rex-leggy]

or copper spray

[WRXONP]

yeah or that . those half moons at the back especially need sealing up

[Koom]

 WRXONP said:

lol lol lol last time i mentioned my fix i got laid into . . . mainly by people who have never built an engine in there life . . . i have built hundreds and used silicone on gaskets with no problems . you just don't go crazy and put heaps on . . a light smear helps stop the gaskets leaking . .

waits to be shot down

The old Factory Service Manual I have for the BC5 era cars specifies a bit of Three Bond 1215 on the seals. Specifically around the cams as its a bad shape for a nice seal. I usually smear some across the whole lower sealing surface aswell.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

so smearing a little silicon along the edge of the rocker cover gasket will work as a temporary fix without pulling the whole engine out? engine will come out when i rebuild, not before...

[WRXONP]

yeah of course you don't need to pull engine to do rocker covers . just a bit of oil leaks onto ground put flattened card board boxs under your car . . just don't put so much silicone on that it has a build up inside the head . . and once your done wipe the oil off the bottom of the heads or you will keep getting that stink smell

[johnny5]

 WRXONP said:

lol lol lol last time i mentioned my fix i got laid into . . . mainly by people who have never built an engine in there life . . . i have built hundreds and used silicone on gaskets with no problems . you just don't go crazy and put heaps on . . a light smear helps stop the gaskets leaking . .

waits to be shot down

I thought that was a given on any car i use the copper gasket stuff

[insanity007]

What's coming from my car is definitely steam, it definitely isn't coming from the exhaust either and the smell isn't burning oil. Subtech reckons it's the water pump from the phone convo we had so I'm taking it to them next week. Can't say I don't agree considering where the steam's coming from but we'll see...

[Divine]

 WRXONP said:

you need to figure out if its steam or smoke . steam will be coolant burning. smoke will be oil burning . . . common as subaru feature for the rocker cover to seep oil and it to drip and burn on manifold . . . coolant burning could be coming from water pump or tho hoses around the water pump

Can I get the whole thing fixed under a mechanical warranty through Autosure?

[WRXONP]

not sure bout that. depends though. cambelt and water pump and all tensioners and idlers should be changed at 100000km . guess if its not changed no warranty ? if you jack car up you will see if water pump is leaking . . you can see the bottom of the water pump coming out of the cam cover and the bottom radiator hose attaches to the thermostat housing which is a part of the water pump :-)

[DRFVDR]

100,000 k service only "requires" a cambelt change BUT u are silly if you dont do the tensioner,idlers and waterpump

[WRXONP]

the bearings tend to wear before the belt