Date:         Tue, 4 Apr 2023 23:36:15 +0000
Reply-To:     Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Oil leak, dip stick seal?
Comments: To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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 Well, mine is a Subie EJ22 motor; I got "clever" and decided to use a device from SmallCar...a flexible dipstick so I could determine oil level through license plate.  Unfortunately, I goofed up....and that thing leaks at installation point into oil pan.  Same thing as you....upper part of engine clean...but an annoying "mist" forms and blown around by wind and collects on rear hatch area.  Ugh.  Nothing to worry about, just messy. 

    On Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 04:01:36 PM PDT, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:  
 
 I don’t think so, top of engine seems completely clean.  

This is a very tiny amount of oil that is dripping from somewhere.

Of course source could be different from where it drips down. 

And interesting how it is a sort of film over things in the very rear of the van.
Unfortunately skilled eyes and drivers are not hear often.

Eric 


> On Apr 3, 2023, at 3:40 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Could it be from the breather tower? There's an O-ring seal on the bottom
> of it.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 7:06 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>>        My 85 2.3 seems to be spraying a very fine bit of oil.  I noticed
>> it when washing the van.
>> 
>> I found it on the rear hitch, mustache bar and the step that I have in the
>> rear hitch.  Some perhaps on under side of motor.
>> 
>> This is a fine layer but noticeable.
>> 
>> With a friend I had him look at the area and then went for a ride.
>> 
>> When we came back he checked to see where he might find oil.  It looked to
>> him to be the dip stick seal to motor.
>> 
>> I’ve never changed this before.
>> 
>> Can anyone talk me through the steps and also comment on if this seems
>> like a source of the oil mist at the rear of engine  toward bumper.
>> 
>> Appreciatively.
>> 
>> Eric Caron
>> 85 Westfalia
>>