i have a 2wd cossie and i have notice a oil leak i first saw a bit of oil on the boost pipe the 1 where the air filter attaches to it didnt seem to get worst and i couldnt trace the leak i then used the car and as you do gave it a bit of stick i came home and it was really bad oil had chuck up onto the drivers side inner wing and it was also on the bonnet it appears to be in a straight line across the bonnet which suggest from the front of engine so i steamed cleaned the engine and ran it upto temp then reved it hard but cant see a leak its mu8st be coming from the front of engine presume its the exhaust side as the inlet side is dry and no oil was there and must only be when under a heavy load as in driving any help much appreciated cheers

 

can only be coming from 4 areas on the drivers side 1: turbo oil feed pipe 2:if you have an after market breather and return pipes split 3: camcover gasket or 4: the dreaded head gasket failed just under the exhaust manifold between 3and 4 normally!

 

As above,any modded breather syetem on it????

Otherwise could well be cam seal,or rocker gasket/half moon seals

Is there oil on fan belts/timing belt?????

 

i have just had head gasket done 2000 miles ago with cometic gasket its not coming from the rear it seem higher up at the front of engine and i have got a pro alloy breather sytem and no oil on the belts cheers

 

just wondering if it could be exhaust cam seal

 

Hard to say m8

Would expect oil to be on cambelt if cam seal was leaking that bad that oil was thrown up onto bonnet

Get a pic up of the oil m8

 

cant get pic as ive steamed cleaned the engine sorry

 

Take the fooker for a drive and get more oil everywhere then!!!!!!!!!!!

 

just a thought!!! oil leek- rev hard =loose oil=less oil in engine=are you looking for something to give in???head gasket etc-hows the oil pressure?,
as with any race/performance engine give it some respect unless you have oudles of money.a small fault could turn into a ''big one'' if not sorted patiently and systematically-oil is the blood +engine is the heart you dont want heart failure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

just a thought!!! oil leek- rev hard =loose oil=less oil in engine=are you looking for something to give in???head gasket etc-hows the oil pressure?,
as with any race/performance engine give it some respect unless you have oudles of money.a small fault could turn into a ''big one'' if not sorted patiently and systematically-oil is the blood +engine is the heart you dont want heart failure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

oil pressure is fine and i always make sure that the oil is topped up the leak is only a small 1 that appears to only lek whilst driving not on idle and when i say i reved it hard the engine was upto 80 degrees cheers

 

it is one of the camshaft seals at the front of the engine ive got exactly the same problem, oil everywhere

 

mines has got similar leak , cam timing belt wet ish with oil , front of block wet with oil ,front of turbo near head gets bit of oil on it , iv not long had the head gasket done with the same cometic item, and all the aluminum fins on bottom of engine oiled up .
i just shut the garage door on the thing , f**k it,! will have another look at it next year .
regards stookay

 

many thanks for the suggestions i have found prob it is the exhaust cam seal cheers