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Leaky Camshaft Seal Question


slomove

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I have had some oil weeping for the last 2 years after using the car on track (a few spoonful trickling down the front of the engine for every track session) and I believe it started after I upgraded the cams. There is no oil spill when road driving. This engine is a Contour based Zetec ZX1 with Raceline cam shafts. It was enough to be annoying but so far not enough to make me do something about it.

 

Today I bit the bullet, took the belt and pulleys off and it actually confirmed the oil is coming from the intake cam shaft oil seal (see the oil droplet on the milled flange below the shaft).http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/240120870_CamDrooling.jpg

 

Question to the folks who know the Zetec:

Is it likely that the seal is just damaged? I re-used the old cam shaft seals when upgrading the cams.

Or is the seal just not seated properly? It looks like the seal is pushed in further on the top.

 

Since I have it now apart and need to do the cam adjustment anyway I guess I will replace the seals. Anything I should look out for so that this does not happen again?

 

Thanks,

 

Gert

 

 

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