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Oil Leak from timing belt area

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Mobius

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Aug 27, 2003
Pheonix, Arizona
I replaced my knock sensor and drove my car for about an hour to see if there was a difference. Great there was but on the way home I noticed a strange noise coming from the driver side. when I got home there was oil everywhare under the car and all over the timing belt area. When I took the cover off the belt was messed up and frayed. I just got done replacing the belt but I couldn't find any sure place whare the oil is leaking from :confused: . The car runs great with the new sensor and belt but the oil leak is still there. :mad: If anyone has any ideas on what it my be please tell me.
 
if ya just replaced it , how much s hit did you remove ? most people use the rule, THREAD SEAL ANYTHING that goes into the block. ( not thread lock ) im pretty sure there are a few bolts you remove that do pass into the block were oil is present
 
Not to much nothing that would reach all the way into the block, I removed everything so you could see the timing belt and that is it, no sprokets were removed, nothing that would even cause any type of leak that I would know of. My worries are that the crank seal is shot or the oil pump seal(s) are shot. Remember this happened when I came home, so I do not know whare the leak is origanted from.
 
Well, now that everything is disassembled I looked at my valves and found that a couple are really messed up. :thumbdown I'm getting a complete rebuild on the engine. Looks like I'll be without a car for some time but it will have basicaly a new engine when it's done.
 
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