side of block wet w/oil?

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originalsin
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ok so i was under my car just to see where my exhuast leak was, found it, turbo to manifold gasket. but i also noticed the side of my block was wet, it seemed like oil but none on the head that i could see. so im thinking its either a headgasket, even tho i havent noticed any signs of low comp, or the oil feed line that is right there

anyone else run into this or sumthin similar?


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Possibly bad cams seals. They don't like to seal either. It could also be a bad HG. It could leak oil and you can still have good compression and not loose any coolant. I don't personally like where the oil drains are on the CA, but it's not that big of a deal either.

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My valve cover gasket was leaking, as I didn't tighten the cover all the way. Check that as well.

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yea im going to pull the manifodl off to replace basically all my exhuast gaskets so ill look into it then, im liek praying its not a headgasket, just because i know once i pull it apart ill end up throwing more money into this or that lol. well see tho


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