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Does this look like head gasket leakage

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Old 02-10-2006, 07:28 AM
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Hi all,

when I was topping up the oil I noticed some oil residue near the head-gasket on cylinder #4. These shots were taken after a short run of 20km and I don
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Looks more like valve cover leakage which is a lot easier to fix.
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Thats a valve cover, clean it up. If it returns give the valve cover bolts a slight tightening. If that still doesn't work, time for a new gasket.
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Thanks guys! I
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Looks like exhaust leakage. Oil doesn't really travel upwards.
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