Subject	Oil leak troubleshooting
Posted by	syphon0202 on December 14, 2012 at 4:22 PM
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Message	Long story short, my Z had small oil leak dripping straight onto the front of the alternator. It sat for a week while I waited for my alternator to be rebuilt. After replacing the alternator I drove about 5 miles before the oil leak became massive. Engine oil pressure dropped to 0, lifters started ticking, trail of oil behind the car, etc. I started pulling everything off today to try and find the problem. After pulling the driver and passenger upper timing covers off I noticed the covers (held in by 4 tiny screws) on the front of both of the intake cam sprockets were barely hanging onto the sprockets. For one, I would like to know what purpose these covers serve. Also, could this be the cause of my oil loss? It didn't look like there was really that much oil that head leaked out of them, but that could be because the car has been sitting for a couple weeks now. Thanks in advance, -Nick
Follow Ups	Oil leak troubleshooting - syphon0202 16:22:34 12/14/12 Those CAMs are part of a variable intake timing system - jzack 18:11:23 12/14/12 FYI - May want to replace those springs too since - jzack 18:12:37 12/14/12 There were no springs behind my covers - syphon0202 19:22:47 12/14/12 let's put it this way, there's supposed to be a build-up of - Zvil (FL) 20:18:48 12/14/12 I didn't think the '96 engine had the VTC system? - - jzack 23:17:09 12/14/12 So could there still be a major leak there - syphon0202 23:36:37 12/14/12 Sure - they just eliminated the electrical part (in rear - jzack 06:56:24 12/15/12 Re: Oil leak troubleshooting - thomasfortney 23:06:47 12/17/12
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