Leaking Oil?! *Pictures*

[stuart1989]

So i noticed about a week ago there was some oil my manifold so i cleaned it out and gave it a a few days to see if it was actually leaking, and it is... Im no mechanic so i thought id ask on here before taking it in to be looked at.. here are some pics of the area the oil is appearing :

Any help would be great, thanks

 

[scotty2hotty81]

do a search, very common its the seals round the bolts on the rocker cover. no big deal

 

[stuart1989]

do a search, very common its the seals round the bolts on the rocker cover. no big deal

Cheers for the reply mate, so if i take it into renault im looking at about £40 to sort it would you say?

 

[seb]

Prob add a 1 to that number tbh

 

[stuart1989]

Prob add a 1 to that number tbh

Righto.

 

[172Ben]

Do it yourself, take each bolt out individaully, squirt some sealent down, then tighten back up, i think its 12nm?

If its gasket, thats expensive.

 

[Hutchie]

Do it yourself, take each bolt out individaully, squirt some sealent down, then tighten back up, i think its 12nm?

If its gasket, thats expensive.

it aint a gasket its a thin smear of silocon sealer iirc

 

[-J-]

it aint a gasket its a thin smear of silocon sealer iirc

Correct but the rocker has to come off to reseal it, and thats a Belt off job.

 

[172Ben]

Thats what i meant, still a gasket as such though

 

[Hutchie]

ok a liquid gasket then
and yeah tensioner slackened on timing belt, royal pain in the arse

 

[stuart1989]

So im looking at a big job, or are you saying that if it isnt the seals round the bolts?

 

[Alastair.]

ive done so many rocker gaskets on the f and k engines recently, take forever and cost loads to do.

 

[Jonny1*2]

mine does this on one side of the inlets like yours. Unless it gets major don't worry about it.

 

[-J-]

So im looking at a big job, or are you saying that if it isnt the seals round the bolts?

If you are looking at having the whole rocker resealed then yes this is a big job.

I had mine done at the same time as a Cam Belt Kit...

TBH If its not Leaking 'to badly' then i would just keep cleaning it up and keeping an eye on your Oil Level until your belt is due next.

 

[Ralphizzle]

The big job is just because Renault fitted the inlet manifold over the camcover... so that has to come off. Time consuming when done at a dealer, like throwing money away.

Same when changing sparkies... inlet manifold has to make way.

Like Scott & -J- say, no big deal... it's just sweating.

 

[djsa]

i think the time consuming part of the job is removing the actually rocker cover because you have to time the engine and lock cams and crank and remove cam sprockets etc.

 

[Andyman]

Whip the plenum off and see where its leaking from. If its the bolt seal it up, if its the rocker just leave it till next time you get a cam belt change