Coolant leak near oil sprocket?

[eboy0]

Well i'm going through a motor swap, and i'm just about finished... she turns over nicely...
Oil is shooting all over the timing belt

Balance shaft eliminated..... not leaking from there...

So what am i looking at here guys? Crank seal, oil pump seal, front case gasket?? What else could be leaking, it seems to be from the bottom side, so i can probably rule valve cover and headgasket?

Anyone have any suggestions on where this leak could be coming from??

 

[ROOKIE1]

6 or 7 bolt ? Turbo or non ?

 

[eboy0]

6 or 7 bolt ? Turbo or non ?

Sorry, its a 7 bolt turbo.

 

[ROOKIE1]

Fuzzy memory but on my 6 bolt . I could have sworn that one of the bolts that held a pulley on needed rtv on it for that reason . I can not seem to find confirmation on vfaq however . Hopefully someone will chime in . Sorry , I will keep looking .

 

[bastarddsm]

waterpump!...

 

[eboy0]

waterpump!...

But it seems to leak even without the waterpump turning( ran it for 10-15 seconds without crankpully attached)

 

[eboy0]

OK, so it turns out that its not coolant, but oil....

So what am i looking at here guys? Crank seal, oil pump seal, front case gasket?? What else could be leaking, it seems to be from the bottom side, so i can probably rule valve cover and headgasket?

 

[leathaltsi]

did you take the tb cover off yet

 

[eboy0]

did you take the tb cover off yet

Yes i took the timing cover off.... let me see if i can take a picture and show you guys whats going on....

Thats not my engine, but the arrows show exactly which way the oil is "spraying"

It doesn't seem to drip from anywhere but just spray off the belt.

 

[eboy0]

Found it... it was oil pump seal... guessing the guy was in a hurry when he put it in and didnt lube it up, old one was torn on the inside...
Still getting a small mist, but it doesnt seem to look like oil anymore...