Another oil leak thread...

[Bmwfvr]

Originally Posted by Unicorn

These are the oil cooler line o-rings that can leak. I just replaced them tonight. They are gray. Easy to do.

How much work is it to get to the o rings? Does alternator need to be removed?

[Baby Unicorn Taco]

Originally Posted by Bmwfvr

How much work is it to get to the o rings? Does alternator need to be removed?

Good question. I think it would be very hard to remove and replace the o-rings with the alternator in place. I won't know until I put the alternator back in. With the alternator out you can see your work. Even if you could access the single e-torx bolt that holds the lines on while the alternator was still in, you would be working completely blind. It will take a gasket hook tool to take the old o-rings off. If that is indeed the source of your leak, once the alternator is out it would take 15 minutes to replace them. One bolt to remove, pull the lines loose, replace o-rings, put lines back in, and replace the bolt.

[Bmwfvr]

Originally Posted by Unicorn

Good question. I think it would be very hard to remove and replace the o-rings with the alternator in place. I won't know until I put the alternator back in. With the alternator out you can see your work. Even if you could access the single e-torx bolt that holds the lines on while the alternator was still in, you would be working completely blind. It will take a gasket hook tool to take the old o-rings off. If that is indeed the source of your leak, once the alternator is out it would take 15 minutes to replace them. One bolt to remove, pull the lines loose, replace o-rings, put lines back in, and replace the bolt.

Yeah i need to confirm the a source of the leak first. So did you also change the thermostat gasket or just the o rings? Also did you access the lines from top or bottom of car?

[Baby Unicorn Taco]

Originally Posted by Bmwfvr

Yeah i need to confirm the a source of the leak first. So did you also change the thermostat gasket or just the o rings? Also did you access the lines from top or bottom of car?

My oil thermostat gasket was leaking. I'm not sure if my oil line o-rings were leaking or not so I did them proactively. I accessed from the top. Your shop did not replace the e-torx bolts with hex bolts so you would have to remove the alternator and move the power steering pump out of the way to be able to replace the oil thermostat gasket. You should yell at the shop for not changing the bolts to hex.


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[Bmwfvr]

[QUOTE=Unicorn;1157064]My oil thermostat gasket was leaking. I'm not sure if my oil line o-rings were leaking or not so I did them proactively. I accessed from the top. Your shop did not replace the e-torx bolts with hex bolts so you would have to remove the alternator and move the power steering pump out of the way to be able to replace the oil thermostat gasket. You should yell at the shop for not changing the bolts to hex.


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Well i hope i never have to replace the thermostat gasket :again should be good for another 100k miles. I really hope the leak source is the o rings and not the timing cover or valve cover! That is a lot of work and money.

[Baby Unicorn Taco]

[QUOTE=Bmwfvr;1157065]

Originally Posted by Unicorn

My oil thermostat gasket was leaking. I'm not sure if my oil line o-rings were leaking or not so I did them proactively. I accessed from the top. Your shop did not replace the e-torx bolts with hex bolts so you would have to remove the alternator and move the power steering pump out of the way to be able to replace the oil thermostat gasket. You should yell at the shop for not changing the bolts to hex.





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Well i hope i never have to replace the thermostat gasket :again should be good for another 100k miles. I really hope the leak source is the o rings and not the timing cover or valve cover! That is a lot of work and money.

But if they just did the work they should make good on it.


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[Bmwfvr]

[QUOTE=Unicorn;1157067]

Originally Posted by Bmwfvr

But if they just did the work they should make good on it.


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Yeah i need to prove it though. I am probably gonna use die to find the source of the leak.