Oil leak getting worse

[Starlet-supra]

Hey mate,

Had the same problem with mine.

Get yourself a tin of engine degreaser and give the engine a good clean all around the cam cover and back of the engine. Then grab a tin of carbby cleaner and really get into all the nooks and crannies so you know its 100% clean. Then once the carbby cleaner has all evaporated and dried start the engine and take a good look around with a torch.

Mine was the cam cover gasket. I bought a new gasket and torqued the nuts down correctly to 8nm and the problem has now gone.

Yours looks like the cam cover gasket also.

I cant really see from your photos but if your cam cover has been painted i recon the gasket wasnt replaced when it came off and never got torqued down when it went back on.

just my 2cents worth.

cheers

Thanks for the reply!

I am picking up new Cam Cover gasket tomorrow with some silicone sealant and gonna seal it up good, i already cleaned the engine up well, and degreased it, and I'm gonna take another look tomorrow morning before i pick up cam cover gasket

 

[dac69er]

i agree with above, looks like the cam cover gasket. however, I have also had a similar leak and it was the Oring on the oil cap that had gone hard and split!

if after changing the cam cover gasket you still have an issue, take a look at that seal.

 

[Starlet-supra]

i agree with above, looks like the cam cover gasket. however, I have also had a similar leak and it was the Oring on the oil cap that had gone hard and split!

if after changing the cam cover gasket you still have an issue, take a look at that seal.

i have a brand new TRD oil cap on my Supra, so i will put the supra's TRD oil cap on starlet in-case it still leaks after i replace the cam cover gasket