VQ25DET rocker gasket oil leak

[conan7772]

I've got the gaskets ready to go.

How much of a danger is it now with oil running down onto the turbo.

Should I get it done immediately ?

How easily does oil ignite with heat in the open ?

cheers

[Ross]

It is possible to ignite and have a engine bay fire on your hands.

However, i drove for a while with a small leak resulting in nothing more than an unpleasent burning oil smell before i recently changed mine.

[Leroy Peterson]

I had some oil on the exhaust side of the turbo (more like a film) and it was ok road driving. I only noticed it there when I took it for a parade lap around Sandown and then noticed a small amount of smoke coming from the turbo lol replaced the gasket and no more issues.

[joshm35]

Oil will cause more of a smell than catching on fire. Main thing is if you leave it for a while to monitor oil levels. If you do it now it may take up to 2 hrs to complete and make sure you use gasket glue to hold it in place (yes others will say you don't need to but they got lucky). This will allow you to get under the heater hose without it falling out. Be careful tighten the old bolts as they have been heat perished and will snap of over tightened.

[Philr32]

Agree with Josh 100%. I'm somewhat of a novice and did mine recently, thought it was good til I drove down the road and under a bit of load it started to leak. After much swearing and more hours I got it done but yea, use gasket glue or similar, definitely don't over tighten (I snapped one bolt, wasn't fun). Make sure the sealing surface on the head and the cover are both nice and clean!

[stripey]

Would it be worth taking a bolt in to get matched and replace all of them. Or are they all different sizes?

[Philr32]

Ummmm from memory I think they are all the same, I could be wrong though

[joshm35]

Would it be worth taking a bolt in to get matched and replace all of them. Or are they all different sizes?

Yes i would get new bolts so you know they wont snap. They are inexpensive and save alot of messing around if you do snap em. I learnt the hard way and did the same due to having to do it twice with it shifting it place due to no gasket goo.