2002 Madza 323F BP ZM 1.6 engine. 76K miles.
Just done an oil change. Looks like the main seal is leaking. It's being using oil and it looks like this is the cause.
With it being FWD it's strip front suspension, driveshafts and engine
out job. I'm happy to swap a engine on a car I love but not this POS.
So are there any oil stop leak products that work?
IPeter Hill <skyshac@yahoo.com> wrote:
2002 Madza 323F BP ZM 1.6 engine. 76K miles.
Just done an oil change. Looks like the main seal is leaking. It's being
using oil and it looks like this is the cause.
With it being FWD it's strip front suspension, driveshafts and engine
out job. I'm happy to swap a engine on a car I love but not this POS.
So are there any oil stop leak products that work?
I’m no expert, but I wouldn’t have thought a main bearing seal leak is going to cause significant oil consumption. Ring wear and consequent high crankcase pressure could well be responsible for high consumption and main bearing leak.
Oil additives to stop oil leaks sound like snake oil to me.
Tim
2002 Madza 323F BP ZM 1.6 engine. 76K miles.
Just done an oil change. Looks like the main seal is leaking. It's being using oil and it looks like this is the cause.
With it being FWD it's strip front suspension, driveshafts and engine
out job. I'm happy to swap a engine on a car I love but not this POS.
So are there any oil stop leak products that work?
On 19/04/2021 17:36, Peter Hill wrote:
2002 Madza 323F BP ZM 1.6 engine. 76K miles.
Just done an oil change. Looks like the main seal is leaking. It's
being using oil and it looks like this is the cause.
Pulley side or flywheel side? I assume pulley end.
Is it not possible to drop the engine down slightly for access to the
pulley and pulley seal?
With it being FWD it's strip front suspension, driveshafts and engine
out job. I'm happy to swap a engine on a car I love but not this POS.
So are there any oil stop leak products that work?
I didn't know they even existed!
https://www.thedrive.com/reviews/28307/best-oil-stop-leak-additives
On 21/04/2021 17:27, Fredxx wrote:
On 19/04/2021 17:36, Peter Hill wrote:
2002 Madza 323F BP ZM 1.6 engine. 76K miles.
Just done an oil change. Looks like the main seal is leaking. It's
being using oil and it looks like this is the cause.
Pulley side or flywheel side? I assume pulley end.
Is it not possible to drop the engine down slightly for access to the
pulley and pulley seal?
No such luck. It's dripping from the bell housing. As it's an automatic
there is no issue having oil on a torque converter.
With it being FWD it's strip front suspension, driveshafts and engine
out job. I'm happy to swap a engine on a car I love but not this POS.
So are there any oil stop leak products that work?
I didn't know they even existed!
https://www.thedrive.com/reviews/28307/best-oil-stop-leak-additives
Ta.
2002 Madza 323F BP ZM 1.6 engine. 76K miles.
Just done an oil change. Looks like the main seal is leaking. It's being using oil and it looks like this is the cause.
With it being FWD it's strip front suspension, driveshafts and engine
out job. I'm happy to swap a engine on a car I love but not this POS.
So are there any oil stop leak products that work?
In article <s5kbht$lco$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
Peter Hill <skyshac@yahoo.com> wrote:
2002 Madza 323F BP ZM 1.6 engine. 76K miles.
Just done an oil change. Looks like the main seal is leaking. It's being
using oil and it looks like this is the cause.
With it being FWD it's strip front suspension, driveshafts and engine
out job. I'm happy to swap a engine on a car I love but not this POS.
So are there any oil stop leak products that work?
I have used one of those seal expander fluids on power steering with
limited success. Didn't stop the leak but reduced it.
Interesting. I can see how something that softened and increased the elasticity of a lip seal that had become hardened by temperature might
work. My impression is that you don't see as many hardened seals as you
used to (or as many oil leaks). I suspect manufacturers are selecting
higher performance rubbers as people have become less tolerant of leaks.
(As an aside, the reduction in oil consumption from better bore finish
and ring design over the past 50 years is astonishing, to my mind).
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