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the most common place for a leak, especially when the engine running, is the rocker cover gasket on the top of the engine. other places include the crankshaft and camshaft oil seals, the sump gasket, and as you have already said, the oil filter and sump plug. it is a lot easier to spot a leak if you pressure clean the engine first. that way it is much easier to see any fresh oil and where it is coming from
u might have to add silcone around the camshaft area to the valve cover. make sure the surface of the head is completely dry and make sure u replaced any rubber seals that came with the set.
Oil leak can be attributed to several factors. 1. Gasket failure. 2. Uncontrolled Crank case pressure Failure.
RECOMENDATION: Tighten both the valve cover and oil pan bolts. Replace the Positive Crankcase Ventilation Valve and vacuum line.,
INFO: PCV This is a valve causes a negative vacuum on the engine while its running, As to say if it had a leak in a valve cover it should not be leaking while its running, only when the engine it turned off.
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not much mate. pretty easy. Just get the original gaskets from the agent and also get a tube of engine silicon from repco or any auto shop. Its a bolt off and on situation. Make sure no dirt and grime falls into the cams when taking off the valve cover.
Where is it leaking from is the first problem, Check around the valve cover. The gasket could be bad, which is fairly easy to replace. This would be my first place to check and hopefully that's all. If you see oil around the bottom of the valve cover where the bolts are, then i'd replace that.
Are you sure its the oil pan most leaks come from the valve cover gaskets up above. check the corners of the valve covers. If the pan needs re-sealed you will have to remove the flex pipe.
You have to remove the spark plugs cables and remove the four nuts that you see when the cables are removed.
When the four nuts are removed, simply raise the valuve cover. When replacing the gasket, make sure you get the gromets as well. Those sometimes get worn or crack since they are more exposed than the value cover gasket. Make sure that you clean the cover from oil and replace the gasket with no use of silicon.
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