These pics are the best I could manage tonight.

Oil stain on the crossmember and drip from the bolt.



Light staining on the lower rocker cover seal, but no drips anywhere in sight?



Last pic the stain on the crossmember looks like it's coming from the rear section of the cover.



It seems to only leak a little after it is parked up then the leak stops.

If it is the cover seal is it usually an engine in, or out job?

Cheers.

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Bye bye betty blue. Hello F6.

LOL. Engine out to do a valve cover seal.... its not that bad a job.

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Doing it for all the wagons out there

Thanks, I think.

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Bye bye betty blue. Hello F6.

Can you imagine my face when I was greeted with this in the morning...

Betty got severe gastro.



and the runs, might need to borrow some of my sons nappies...

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Bye bye betty blue. Hello F6.

Ohhhh snap, another EJ25 bites the dust. This cars just didn't give you 5 minutes of peace does it...

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Oil not unburnt cold start fuel im assuming cant see propperly on my phone ...

That sucks but surely was expected eventually

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Steam from exhaust?

KFC wings under left strut?

So many pics, so many unanswered questions.

WTF is it?

Yar.

19-20 pound through it for nearly four years or 39000km
Bigger turbo and e85
200+ race laps
Over half of those with big manly axle tramping launches
Over 25 drag launches
Jacks Hill.
And one almighty handbrake a while ago.

One might say I asked for it...


Had to put the kids to bed settle Grettle.

Symptoms besides the blueish/grey smoke on cold start up and the black stuff on the ground are a little hesitation at part throttle but when you floor it it pulls smoothly through the rpms but makes no boost till about 4500rpm, 1000rpm later than previously. There is not much boost to speak of, it feels kind of like a stock STi now.

When you shut it down and listen carefully you can hear gurgling and bubbling coming from the turbo. I've spoken to a few people today and they reckon it sounds like the turbo has done it seals and is haemorrhaging oil through everything.

I am not holding my breath on the ringlands, I'm sure knowing my luck I will be delivered the double whammy when I get to Racetorque in a week or so for the diagnosis.

Should have bought a Datto...

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Toyota. Should have bought a Toyota...

Ah yep lil hard to tell from the pics ... pay to play ay know that all too well unfortunatly

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