R50/53 Valve Cover oi leak
#1
Valve Cover oi leak
Hey guys,
Need your opinion. 2006 Cooper S. I have an oil leak from the valve cover. Oil is seeping from two bolts behind the engine and it slowly filled up where the bolt heads cavity are. Once it filled up and started to drip down I can smell the burning oil. I replaced two new bolts, gasket and still persist. Bad cover need to replace? Any thought is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Need your opinion. 2006 Cooper S. I have an oil leak from the valve cover. Oil is seeping from two bolts behind the engine and it slowly filled up where the bolt heads cavity are. Once it filled up and started to drip down I can smell the burning oil. I replaced two new bolts, gasket and still persist. Bad cover need to replace? Any thought is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
#2
#3
Thanks for the response. The leaks occurred before I changed the valve cover gasket. I thought the gasket need to be changed. After a new gasket it still leak at the two bolts. I than changed the two bolts ordered from dealer with o-rings. Still the same. I have an extra valve cover from an 04 Coopers. Will try that next.
#5
Just changed the cover with an 04 valve cover and transferred the gasket over from my leaked cover and the leaks stop. Funny thing is that I did not see any crack on the cover. The condition looks exactly the same as the 04 cover.
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