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  • 3 weeks later...

Many people say that a starlet that doesn't leak oil, doesn't have any oil in it lol

Both my 4e's have had leaks in that area, common fault I'm afraid

What puzzles me is that, a week ago there was no leak and nothing has been touched "inappropriately" on the engine bay.I will give it another thorough check this week and I hope I will find the source of the leak.I want to point out what the problem so that when I visit the mechanic he will not make me buy almost all the seals available locally in the hope of him trying to fix the problem.

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take the cambelt cover off and have a look, it could be leaking from the rocker cover, the cam cap seals, oil pump maybe or the crank seal low down.

I will open the cover before the end the week at report my findings here,I have observed that the leak seems to happen everytime I drive.When the vehicle is parked the leak seems to go away .Asante @bean.

*" Asante" is Swahili for thank you.

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I am planning to have the car serviced tomorrow but in a dilemma, my plan is to use Shell sythentic oil this time .Considering the Kenyan climate/weather whats the ideal Shell synthetic oil viscocity specification i have never understood the W's.


How long am i supposed to use the vehicle before draining fully synthentic oil ?

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