2013 MCS mystery oil leak (47k miles)
2013 MCS mystery oil leak (47k miles)
Added some comments in the imgur album:
https://imgur.com/a/u1TvP
The leak is pretty minor for now. It just leaves a half-dollar sized spot on my garage floor every day or every other day. I recently did a brake fluid flush myself, and I had a local independent shop do a coolant flush. Seems doubtful that the work involved with either of those would cause an oil leak, but maybe worth mentioning.
https://cdn4.pelicanparts.com/techar...mall/pic01.jpg
Going by the image on pelican parts, the source of the oil leak is closest to the brake booster vacuum pump, but that looks clean so I don't think that's the source. The oil seems to be coming from an oblong hole next to the DSC box. I can't find anything that looks oily when looking at the engine from the top. There's a wet spot under the brake fluid reservoir, but that doesn't smell like oil so I assume some brake fluid must have spilled when I did the brake fluid flush.
Anyone know what this might be before I take it to a shop?
https://imgur.com/a/u1TvP
The leak is pretty minor for now. It just leaves a half-dollar sized spot on my garage floor every day or every other day. I recently did a brake fluid flush myself, and I had a local independent shop do a coolant flush. Seems doubtful that the work involved with either of those would cause an oil leak, but maybe worth mentioning.
https://cdn4.pelicanparts.com/techar...mall/pic01.jpg
Going by the image on pelican parts, the source of the oil leak is closest to the brake booster vacuum pump, but that looks clean so I don't think that's the source. The oil seems to be coming from an oblong hole next to the DSC box. I can't find anything that looks oily when looking at the engine from the top. There's a wet spot under the brake fluid reservoir, but that doesn't smell like oil so I assume some brake fluid must have spilled when I did the brake fluid flush.
Anyone know what this might be before I take it to a shop?
I used a motive power bleeder to do the brake fluid flush and there was some seepage from the pressure gauge and brass fitting until I tightened them down, but it didn't seem like this much, and I didn't spill any fluid otherwise that I noticed. Brake fluid level seems fine so I don't think the reservoir itself is leaking, unless it's a super slow leak.
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