Camshaft seal

Martin Beevers · Unread post by **Martin Beevers** » 28 Jan 2011, 12:11

Hi all,
I have had an oil leak for a little while now, steadily getting worse by the day.
Anyhow, I had a suspision it was coming from the camshaft seal. So today I took the top cambelt cover off to have a look. My suspisions were confirmed when I noticed the seal sitting about a quater of an inch proud of the camshaft cover. I pushed the seal back home and noticed that it wasn't a tight fit. So it looks like I will have to strip her down and replace said seal...

While I strip to replace the seal and contaminated cambelt, is there anything else I should be looking to replace?

I replaced the water pump, cambelt tensioner and idler wheel about 9K ago.

Thanks Martin

DickieG · Unread post by **DickieG** » 28 Jan 2011, 18:46

The crankshaft seal is the obvious one to me.

Martin Beevers · Unread post by **Martin Beevers** » 29 Jan 2011, 10:47

Funny you say that, as the main stealer sold me this 1 by mistake...

So I will fit it at the same time.

Cheers

Unread post by **citroenxm** » 30 Jan 2011, 11:30

Pop a rocker gasket on too... as you have or should have the rocker off..

I say this, because you may well find the Orface for the New cam seal may be a little too tight, and you may need to undo the No.3 Cam shaft cap to slip it in - I do this with practice anyway, so I do NOT damage the outside edge of the seal when trying to press it in... On the other had with the old seal being too loose, t he cap Could have come loose....

Paul

Martin Beevers · Unread post by **Martin Beevers** » 30 Jan 2011, 21:17

Neat trick Paul, I'll give that a go.