Oil leak - Push rod seals?

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Oil leak - Push rod seals?

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Hi

I have had an oil leak ever since having a recon engine at Elite VW. As they are in Surrey and I am in Wales I kinda lunched it out. The engine was under warranty but this has just run out

I think it is the push rod tube seals but cant be sure. I can be sure that its not the rocker cover gaskets as these are fine and dry.

Could it be anything else?, Cylinder heads re-torquing?

Anyway, how difficult is it to fix the push rod tube seals? I take it that they can be done with the engine insitu? I have noticed that VW Elite have used some sort of sealer around the outer tube seals just to make sure they didn't leak. Any ideas what this might be?

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Re: Oil leak - Push rod seals?

Post by sarran1955 »

Hello,

Could well be the seals, as there were some about that were ok at first, then worked loose.

Do you have the zig zag springs ( one per head), if not get them, not expensive, and they do keep the push rod tubes in place!!!!!!!!!

Cordialement,

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