oil leak after timing belt, water pump, front seals job

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  • saxguy09
    Advanced Member
    • Jun 2010
    • 187

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    oil leak after timing belt, water pump, front seals job

    Had a local BMW tech to a timing job and replace my seals in the cabby couple weeks ago. Now I have a small oil leak (3-4 drops after parking). I raised the hood and found 2 bolts on the fender, maybe he left something out?! Any common spots to check. Its pretty hard to pinpoint a small leak like that.
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  • Brandon12V
    E30 Fanatic
    • Feb 2008
    • 1318

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    2 bolts..... same size & length? 10mm? probably for the cam seal. dunno how he fucked that up.

    .........oh and if that's the case, almost everything has to come off again.

    Originally posted by Ryan...
    It now emits a beautiful blue-ish yellow/green smoke from the exhaust?? No idea what would cause that color, but I assume its good.

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      Grease Monkey
      • May 2007
      • 306

      #3
      It would all have to be done over again if it's the cam seal... did he replace the cam seal?

      like Brandon says though, don't know how you fuck that up

      You might be able to shine a light between the timing cover and the head and MAYBE see if oil is coming down from up there. Otherwise clean it all up and try and trace the earliest you see new oil. Might be something different, I am recently learning just how many places the E30 can leak oil from...
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      • RicerX
        Member
        • Jun 2009
        • 49

        #4
        Originally posted by saxguy09
        Had a local BMW tech to a timing job and replace my seals in the cabby couple weeks ago. Now I have a small oil leak (3-4 drops after parking). I raised the hood and found 2 bolts on the fender, maybe he left something out?! Any common spots to check. Its pretty hard to pinpoint a small leak like that.

        Go back to that BMW tech and smack him!

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