 Bummer oil leak, Safe to drive? |
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| jack20 |
 Oct 6 2017, 09:31 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 413 Joined: 7-November 14 From: Granite Bay, CA Member No.: 18,099 Region Association: Northern California 
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Hi,
Haven't taken the car out for 6 months while working on another porsche project. I have a possible push rod seal leak. Changed the VC cover gaskets. Didn't help.. As you know, oil leaks from that area drip onto the exchangers creating a smelly mess, especially when using Valvoline racing oil. Question: I really want to drive this car to an event 10 miles away. Oil is slowly dripping onto the HE. It collects in the st ease and takes forever to burn off. Is it safe to drive? Can it catch fire? This design is not optimal. If a VW dripped oil it would be no problem... Your thoughts? Thanks! |
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| 914sgofast2 |
Oct 7 2017, 01:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 655 Joined: 10-May 13 From: El Dorado Hills, CA Member No.: 15,855 Region Association: None |
Jack20:
(1) It looks like the leak is from the base of the cylnder barrel, not from the pushrod tube from those photos. (2) The cable for the thermostat has come off the big pulley and needs to be put back on the pully for the cooling system flaps to function properly. |
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| porschetub |
Oct 7 2017, 01:56 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,754 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(914sgofast2 @ Oct 8 2017, 08:34 AM)  Jack20: (1) It looks like the leak is from the base of the cylnder barrel, not from the pushrod tube from those photos. (2) The cable for the thermostat has come off the big pulley and needs to be put back on the pully for the cooling system flaps to function properly. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) looks like its leaking from somewhere above and running down,clean it till spotless,start engine warm @ idle ,the oil will run pretty much downwards from the leak,I place a piece of white cardboard under the engine when trying to trace difficult leaks. Good luck. |
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jack20 Bummer oil leak Oct 6 2017, 09:31 PM
bretth Hell yes oil can catch fire. The exhaust is the ho... Oct 6 2017, 09:54 PM cuddyk If it leaks enough to puddle on the heat exhchange... Oct 6 2017, 09:57 PM
jack20
If it leaks enough to puddle on the heat exhchang... Oct 6 2017, 10:38 PM Dave_Darling Oil dripping onto the heat exchangers makes a ton ... Oct 7 2017, 03:59 AM arne
Oil dripping onto the heat exchangers makes a ton... Oct 7 2017, 09:44 AM jack20 Thanks for the additional comments. I pulled some ... Oct 7 2017, 01:16 PM jack20 RE: Bummer oil leak Oct 7 2017, 01:18 PM jack20 Ha! I was wondering I'df someone would cat... Oct 7 2017, 01:49 PM |
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