Just finished buttoning up 60k service now it's pissing oil from behind the lower cover above the oil filter housing. Please help no idea what it could be. It's an 05 MR

 

Sounds like you forgot a bolt somewhere like the timing belt tensoner. It wouldn't make sense for your front main seal or cam seals to leak right after the 60k service.

 

No extra bolts and everything is torqued to spec. The autotensioner broke putting the serp belt back on so I can't even take anything off to check

 

How about a pic??

 

Ill get one tomorrow after work. I was too fed up after making the tensioner to take a pic. It leaked 3/4 quart over 10 miles home. At first it was just dripping from the center of the crank pulley then after I ran it trying to find the leak I noticed it was pouring out from around the oil filter housing from the left side of the lower timing cover, from the balance shaft area. I know all the tensioner pulleys are tight because I double checked all of them before I put the cover/pulleys/etc back on. Could the bolt on the balance shaft cog have come loose? It was jostled both clockwise and counter clockwise when I took the crank bolt in/out. Didn't think to check it since I never touched it

 

"the auto tensioner broke putting back on the serpentine belt"? You mean the belt tensioner or the timing belt tensioner? There aren't many places that oil can leak out of though so it should be pretty obvious once you take the timing belt covers back off. Did you pull the upper timing belt cover off to make sure it wasn't the camshaft seals? This is a pretty common thing, generally the hydraulic tensioner bolts. You said it "appears" to be coming from the oil filter housing area but remember that entire assembly is enclosed by the covers so it could easily be pissing from your head and dripping all the way down.

 

sounds like a seal or a bolt missing/loose had the same prob when i built my motor..it will leak out of the bottom of the cover and the wind will sling it back on the the filter when driving and the timing belt will also sling it every place under the covers

 

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check your tensioner bolts. a lot of people seem forget to tighten them and it will definately leak oil if they arent tight