johnceggleston Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 (edited) my son's 95 lego auto has been leaking oil for about 35k miles, about 10k after the timing belt was done at 160k. it now has 205k. not a lot of oil but enough so you have to check it. i told the shop to replace all the front seals with the t-belt. but i did not say ''re-seal the oil pump and replace the o-ring'' specifically. so i don't think it was done and i assumed that was the cause of the leak. last month it started dripping oil after it had been driven. so he quit driving it. i finally got around to addressing it and i found the passenger side cam seal loose on the end of the shaft and a little angled. it was not seated at all. any one ever seen this? the driver side was tight as was the crank seal, but i replaced everything anyway and i'm hopeful to have ''fixed'' it. i have no idea what brand of seals were used, but i wondered if this might be an ''off-brand'' issue? 5k miles after the t-belt was done last time the auto trans died so i had the same shop install my used trans. i bought a wrecked 96. i did have them replace the oil separator plate with a new one at that time so the back end should be good. but with so much oil EVERY WHERE it is hard to tell. i thought i'd drive it for a while and see if it drips, or ''uses'' oil. i gave him the car when he graduated from high school and told him if he took care of it it would take him through college and into his ''new'' job. then he could buy what ever he wanted. graduation is next month. yippoo!! comments? Edited April 8, 2011 by johnceggleston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebugs Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 If they were black they were generic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 (edited) i've seen Fel-Pro seals not fit well. (but i've also used dozens of Fel-Pro seals that were just fine). Mr. Radon and others have had similar issues too. The ones I've seen were noticeable during install. So if it was off and not seating well, seems like they would notice. But I guess if they can be off by a lot they can be off by a little too? Or it could have been a good seal, just didn't seat well or was dirty and got pushed out. At least you found it and fixed it, done deal hopefully. So it did make it to graduation, excellent! Edited April 8, 2011 by grossgary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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