Cam Cover Oil Leak

Daredevil · February 13, 2009

HI I have a 1997 carina Ti car :rolleyes: . From a month time i see a small oil leak in the cam cover and the around the distributor area. I can see this also around the oil cup. This is not like a leak (That means no significant reduction on oil level)

Any body having any idea about this

Elvis_Pil · February 13, 2009

The packing/rubber border around the inside of your tappet cover could have perished. There is also a small rubber washer around the inside of the distributor- this too could have perished. It is indeed a leak but just a small one with nothing to do with the mechanics of the engine. Problem is solved by either new parts or re-setting the existing ones with silicon gel.

Daredevil · February 13, 2009

Thanks,

I will try to replace this, by the way i have seen some accelaration loss recently, Can this have any effect on this.

Elvis_Pil · February 13, 2009

I guess not in the early stages of the problem

tharindu6 · February 13, 2009

I had the same issue with my carina AT170 with a 5AFE engine...the rubber packing was perished..repalced it and it works just fine..If you have a pulling power issue try doing a proper tune up and also check the exaust line( some times it happens when the line gets blocked)