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hey guys, my car has developed an oil leak near the back of the motor near where the motor meets the gearbox, and some has got itself on the rubber steering parts in that area as well.

Now i would like to fix it asap of course, especially if the terrible happens and the rest of the bottom part of the motor leaks and some gets onto the timing belt and so on.

When we has a look at it apparently, some of the bolts and warped themselves and we cant tighten them well enough to stop the leak, and we dont want the bolts threaded. So it looks like it will need some machining down there to fix her up properly.

Just wondering if you guys would have a ball park figure on how much this will cost me?

Cheers

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ok ok ok.. the oil leak starts near the back of the motor... its got itself on some rubber steering thingo

ok than if the bottom part motor leaks and some gets onto timing belt? (wat the f**k.. the leak starts at the back of the motor.. and than manages to make its way to the timing belt which is right at the front hows this work)

some bolts warped themselves? WTF

explain it again in technical terms if you can :\ either that or go see a mechanic

Hey mate,

I have a similar problem with a small leak at the back of the back of the motor where it meets the gear box. I posted that question up in the transmission section of the forums. Check it out! It seems that it may be the rear main seal..

Cheers

wazz: yes the motor has started leaking near the back. The bolts dont really fit as the should when trying to tighten them back up, hence they are not tight enough (so i used the word warped).

And yes i got a bit paranoid and thought i dont want it to start leaking at the front of the motor where it can get on the timing belt. I thought that was clear.

Thanks philGTR and cubes, i will do that.

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