Advice on a crankshaft joint oil leak
Advice on a crankshaft joint oil leak
Hi guys,
I have recently done quite a bit of repairs on a Lancer ES 2002: outer tie rods, an inner tie rod, spark plugs, vc gasket, swar bar end links, wheel bearings, brake pads, one cv axle + timing belt kit (done by a mechanic), oil pressure switch and oil pan. When I changed the oil pan, I noticed that the joint on the crankshaft is slightly loosing oil too... I presume this is not so good but how critical is it?
The car was pretty terrible to drive as bearings and axle were worn out really bad, oil was leaking from top and bottom engine, timing belt had 10 years and 100K, sway bar end links both broken.... now it is much much much better.
After all these new parts ($$$) and efforts I spent in the car (my gf's btw) we'd like to keep it at least one more year but would be reluctant spending more in costly repairs, and I assume that a crankshaft seal would be - I am newbie regarding engine or transmission but can do pretty much everything around those.
What is your prognostic?
Peace,
Loïc
I have recently done quite a bit of repairs on a Lancer ES 2002: outer tie rods, an inner tie rod, spark plugs, vc gasket, swar bar end links, wheel bearings, brake pads, one cv axle + timing belt kit (done by a mechanic), oil pressure switch and oil pan. When I changed the oil pan, I noticed that the joint on the crankshaft is slightly loosing oil too... I presume this is not so good but how critical is it?
The car was pretty terrible to drive as bearings and axle were worn out really bad, oil was leaking from top and bottom engine, timing belt had 10 years and 100K, sway bar end links both broken.... now it is much much much better.
After all these new parts ($$$) and efforts I spent in the car (my gf's btw) we'd like to keep it at least one more year but would be reluctant spending more in costly repairs, and I assume that a crankshaft seal would be - I am newbie regarding engine or transmission but can do pretty much everything around those.
What is your prognostic?
Peace,
Loïc
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