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I believe the PO is referring to the oil separator (oil recovery tank). Below is a picture, you don't have to tilt the engine to tighten the screws/bolts and to replace the small oil drain hose. It is hard to get a direct visual (use a mirror and flash light if you want to look) but it is possible to reach back there. There should be an o-ring inside the cover to help seal the oil gear cover but you can try just tighten down the 2 small bolts (don't over do it though!). I recall the 12V engine only has one bolt for the cove!Then it seems I dont need to worry abt tht hole... well here is what my PO said at that time...(you can see the same on his ad though)
" There is a small oil leak coming from the oil pump drive gear cover. I suspect this cover needs to be tightened down. The engine need to be tilted forward to do this
The hose from the oil recovery tank to the oil pump drive gear cover need to be replaced. The hose split at the clamp. it was long enough to cut the bad section off and reuse. The engine need to be tilted forward to do this."
so for the first part, where should I check ??
-Pavan
Yeh... I didnt have any jack stand underneath it, but it took me only 2min to take all those pics... I always use jack stands when workin underneath, but today I got lazy to have them udnerneathPlease don't tell me you took those pictures with only the two jacks holding up the car! Always use something that are less likely to collapse (jack stands, concrete or wood blocks etc) before you go under there
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The pictures confirmed the burnt oil smell is from oil dripping on the front exhaust pipes. As Steve already said, most likely from cigarette seal or oil pan bolts. It could also be the rear main (crankshaft) seal or from the differential drive shaft seal. There's some oil leak from the oil separator area most likely from the hoses and perhaps some from the rear valve cover gasket.
I was naughty and went over my 4GB data limit for October 15th-November 15th. That means my ISP has slowed my Broadband down from 2.5Mb/s to 64Kb/s. It would take me about 15 minutes to download all your giant pics!Yeh... I didnt have any jack stand underneath it, but it took me only 2min to take all those pics... I always use jack stands when workin underneath, but today I got lazy to have them udnerneath... not gud yehhhh...
But I dont see any oil leak at front exhaust pipes... Pic9 is front exhaust pipes... while Pic5 is rear exhaust headers and I see some oil there... also where does the oil drops come from in pic6, pic7, Pic8... what should I have to do atleast to reduce the oil burnt smell....
-Pavan