I'm still getting to know this n14 more so please bear with me..
up until last week my car had NOOOOO oil leaks what so ever. Suddenly, it's leaking from I believe 2x possibly 3x spots.. it has nea valve cover and oilpan seal atleast.
1x is the rear left of the engine. I thiiiiiiink theres a cam? Or crank? sensor back there that could have a leaking seal ?? Its definitely not the crankshaft pulley seal.
2x leak spot is on drivers side ,like rite from the middle , once again I see a FEW sensors there with seals but i do see one going into the head and I believe that that is the cause.
would a bad seal in those spots be enough to leave little puddles of sassyness from just sitting over night ?
what are some other trouble areas ir where should I look.
I HAAAAAAAATE leaking ANY fluids so I need to get this taken care of yesterday, lol.
again, any help or tips is much much appreciated.
the pic I took , the cardboard im holding represents where my oilpan would be when parked..

 

My guess would be to look at that oil cooler housing there's 2x sets of gaskets........

 

I will 2x check that though the leak doesnt appear to be from that area..

 

Front Crankshaft Seal. Check around the pulley. Could it be brake fluid?

 

Add this to your oil, and used a UV light to locate the source of your leaks.


I had two leaks on my N12 engine after a recent rebuild; one was at the eccentric shaft motor gasket, and the other was at the vacuum pump. I replaced the eccentric shaft motor gasket and made sure the flange on the motor was flat, but I still had a leak at the vacuum pump after I replaced the o-ring. Turns out, there is another o-ring under the vacuum pump cover that I could not find a source for that O-ring, so I replaced the vacuum pump, and that solved my oil leak problem.

 

Edit...
I did the uv dye and found my leak.. my new pan seal is still leaking a little BUT I have a pretty bad oil leak BEHIND MY HPFP ! and of course they don't sell that Oring/gasket alone so looks like I'm in the market for a new hpfp now. Dang it !

 

To re-seal your HPFP, you "could" just pull the pump and get a replacement oring from the hardware store... Be warned that aftermarket HPFPs tend to be hit or miss for quality and performance. Going cheap on those doesn't always result in good stable fuel pressure. I hope it works out for you.

 

I am getting an oem rebuild , the seller offered me a cant pass up price. Otherwise I was going to buy a 30$ open box return and just rob its Oring.
I also didnt wanna try and track down the Oring because if its not the exact exact same , it will leak lol and the past few times I've tried I failed. Even with the old-school hardware store owner doing his best to find me the rite ones..

 

Those have worse horror stories, but I hope it works out for you. Is there a warranty?

 

yes, 3yr warranty...worse comes to worse i still have mine tgat on the car now , if the new one is bogus it gets sent back with my junk gasket and im taking the new gasket for mine and will reinstall it..
it's from a company that sells pretty much just fuelpumps and fuel related stuff. They had a new aftermarket one too for only a few bucks more but I'd prefer to stay oem if I can.
But from what i found on the net from peoples reviews who's replaced their pumps. Obviously new oem is the way to go but I'm not spending 1k on a pump when all that's wrong with mine is an O'ring but I've read that people had ore issues with aftermarket than oem rebuilds. It seems like 50% of the aftermarket ones work only and they either work or they don't.
I DO have a wideband installed so I can make sure the fuelpump is doing its Job. Also i will hook up my od2 dongle and torque plus and see igmf im able to monitor fuel pressure and i will log my pressure with my pump that's in now then once I put in the replacement I will do the same drive cycle and compare logs..