Thread: white smoke???
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Old 05-01-2005, 11:46 AM
Kestas Kestas is offline
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Originally Posted by mykg4orce
BTW, I see some oil residue in the area indicated in the picture attached (circled area). This is on the left side of the engine, below the valve cover, around the area where there is a large hexagonal shaped indentation in a raised round metal surface (thats the best way I can describe it). I always see oil residue here.... I can touch it and smell that its oil. I am sure oil is leaking out of here.
This oil is leaking from the upper timing cover gasket... a common problem with these engines.
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