Just had an overheat from a bad radiator. Now fixed. I was swearing that i had a burn headgasket from the overheat, but engine is running great again with new radiator. No smoke on tail pipe, no water on oil, no oil on water. But i have an oil leak somewhere. Oil is dripping on the floor and on exhaust causing smoke sometimes. In order to decide if I'm going for a reaseal or not, I'm asking for advice.
First I have to say that the engine was sitting for 5 years before i put it to run again, about 8 months ago. So i was expecting a reseal sooner or latter. My next job is timing belt and water pump. Of course i can do it without popping the engine. Specially that, as I said, is running great.
But where is the oil coming from? Do i really have a gasket problem? If you look the engine from the top, valve covers look pretty clean (see pics). But if you look from underneath, it's a mess
I have just finished to reseal the steering rack that was leaking pretty bad. But what i see under the engine looks like it's coming from the block. What this might be? Maybe just the oil pump o'ring? Or the infamous oil plate separator that i need to upgrade (already bought the metal one)? Or i definitively have bad gaskets?
The oil drips come mainly from the exhaust and the cross-member (the two bolts on the center are always oil wet). Most of timing belt cover looks clean and oil pan gasket looks fine too. The dirtiest part is around the two points where the exhaust leaves the engine, although the engine-exhaust gaskets do not appear to be the problem and the oil seems to be coming from above.
I'm just an amateur gear-head, so excuse me for the long post trying to explain such a simple problem. Anyway, thanks for reading
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