leaky crank seal...

[loner]

YO BITCHES.

Just bought a 98 STi about 3 or 4 months ago from a dealership... I was told they had put a new cambelt in

and was given a receipt as proof... but the crank seal is leaking like a bitch, loads of smoke coming off the

exhaust manifold... should I complain to the dealer or just be a bitch and fix it myself? I mean, it must

have been leaking when I bought it... they just cleaned things up a bit I bet.

edit: or could it be the oil pump? that wasn\'t even replaced, just inspected...

[DRFVDR]

Take it back and see what they say BUT be prepared that they say " f Off "

[loner]

They\'re in palmy, I\'m in welly... so a long way to go to be told to fuck off... so you reckon they won\'t give a toss I take it?

[Stoffa]

re edit: sometimes the screws holding the backing plate on the oil pump come loose and cause the oil pump to sit on a funny angle, this causes can cause the crank seal to slowly get forced out of its groove, or sometimes after market oil seals are just crap.

probably nothing wrong with the oil pump.

p.s I\'ve got a crank tool and a genuine seal you can have if you want to try the easy diy fix and just swap the seal, if it does it a secondtime it maybe something more sinister. Im in Whitby

[loner]

thanks, I\'ll pm you.

[Guest]

What was the receipt for. Always good to do stuff yourself so you know it was done right.

[loner]

 evowrx said:

What was the receipt for. Always good to do stuff yourself so you know it was done right.

It was for a cam belt replacement. Just said the water pump had been inspected not replaced (not the oil pump).

[Guest]

Cheeky way of saying its had the timing belt done. Normal job is belt, idlers, seals, waterpump, tensioner.

[hijacka]

Cut your loses and move on.. fix it yourself.

[QRAF]

Give them a call an just ask what the goes is?

they might be nice an replace it or just tell you no sorry.

[loner]

I have emailed them. It\'s just not right for the crank seal or oil pump to be leaking less than 2000kms after the cam belt was changed. And there\'s been a burning oil smell for quite a while too.

[QRAF]

you could go to the small claims court as your not happy with your purchase on that share fact that you thought it would last longer than 2000kms before smelling like it burning oil.

[loner]

I\'ll see what they have to say first. I\'m happy with the car, just not the leak.

[Marky]

Still got the reciept?

Try calling the garage in question and see if they have any feedback as well

Prob comes up with "has the car been tampered with in any way shape or form since purchase" as well I guess. This far down the track they could (in theory) just say nope wasn\'t us you must have fiddled with it and wipe their hands of it, no real proof either way

[loner]

Or, it\'s possible that I\'m a huge douche and the oil is coming from the oil sump... which I put on a couple of months back.

Think I need to take a proper look.

[Johnnynz]

Where was the work done Loren?

Wasnt Elite by any chance was it?

[loner]

Yes Elite... it could be coming from the sump, which would be entirely my fault. I need to take a look.

edit: how did you know it was Elite???

[Johnnynz]

Just a guess, most of the car yards take there Subis and Evos there.

If you have a receipt call them and ask to speak to Richard, hes a good guy and no doubt will tell you what was and wasn\'t done if he remembers the car and you explain the circumstances.

[eKulz]

you sure its not the rocker cover gaskets? lol I just fixed mine they were actually leaking about a 15cm wide puddle every night...

which in turn ran down and landed on the exhaust manifold. got so bad when I was going up a hill at less than 50kmph my exhaust set on fire, twice

[madmike]

 Johnnynz said:

Just a guess, most of the car yards take there Subis and Evos there.

If you have a receipt call them and ask to speak to Richard, hes a good guy and no doubt will tell you what was and wasn\'t done if he remembers the car and you explain the circumstances.

I think i know where you bought the car dude. and If it was Elite the job would have been done right.

But yeah call and chat to Richard. He is a good dude.

[Johnnynz]

Yup, Been dealing with them for 5+ Years now and never had anything but a perfect job from them.

[loner]

I think it\'s the sump, not the crank seal... just had a look and there\'s quite a bit of oil on the front of the sump... I haven\'t removed

the headers for a really good look yet... but it seems fairly obvious. feel a bit dump.

[madmike]

A bro its all good.. At least ya found it....

[loner]

So turns out there is a pin hole sized leak in the sump. I can\'t get to my welder for three weeks... but am thinking solder may do? Anyone got an opinion on that?

[Stoffa]

get some"metal need-it" from the hardware, its a two part expoxy resin, kneed it together, wipe area with brake clean before you press it on, it should work well enough to last till it gets welded, although you may need to grind it off.

or you could get a roll of duct tape