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Re: 22RE Oil leak somewhere.......?
| Posted By: | StacyM |
| Posted On: | October 02, 2002 at 1:29 pm EDT |
He is probably right...my oil leak was the timing chain cover and my alernator (and everything else) was covered with oil. I was told the cresents on the valve cover or notorious for leaking ... good luck
STACY
Jon A wrote:
> Jeez, dude.
> Uhm, my first guess would eith
> er be the timing cover, or the
> front crank seal. If it's spr
> aying like that, it's definite
> ly hitting the pulley and flyi
> ng off of that. Plus, the alte
> rnator is right next to that w
> hole bottom end area. I'd wash
> the engine off again, then ac
> tually watch the pulley area r
> eal closely right after you st
> art it. Get a flashlight if yo
> u need to, but if you can catc
> h it right when it's coming ou
> t, that'll help big time. Once
> it's soaked, you're out of lu
> ck.
>
>
> Darril wrote:
>
> > My 91 Toyota Pickup with 22R
> E
> > engine is also leaking oil l
> ik
> > e mad. I can't seem to locat
> e
> > where the oil is coming from
> .
> > Today i degreased the entire
> e
> > ngine in an attempt to pinpo
> in
> > t the location of my oil lea
> k.
> > Afterwards, i started the tr
> u
> > ck up and let it run. Once t
> he
> > engine warmed up, it started
> > to leak oil. I have narrowed
> t
> > he oil leak down to one area
> ,
> > but i have no idea where exa
> ct
> > ly it is coming from. The oi
> l
> > is coming out in the vicinit
> y
> > of the alternator pulley and
> m
> > ain pulley(crankshaft pulley
> ?)
> > . In the 5 minutes the engin
> e
> > was running, it managed to c
> oa
> > t the entire alternator with
> o
> > il, and a mist coated the gr
> ou
> > nd in a perfectly straight l
> in
> > e about 3 feet wide directly
> u
> > nder the front of the truck.
> W
> > TF? Ive been under the truck
> a
> > nd i cannot find the leak. A
> ny
> > one have any ideas? Is this
> a
> > common occurence for this en
> gi
> > ne? I purchased the truck la
> st
> > year, and it has been sittin
> g
> > for about 9 months now. It d
> i
> > dn't leak when i bought it.
> >
> > Darril
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