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| Nidge Member Since: 27 Jan 2008 Location: Kildare Ireland Posts: 813   
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My guess for the oil leak is rocker cover gasket , if it wasn't seated correctly at the back, can be bit awkard to aline.
Handy job to change and when you have the rocker cover off change the injector harness as well. 
Regards Nidge. |
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11th Sep 2013 8:30am |
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| bob neville Member Since: 30 Apr 2009 Location: Marbella Posts: 3248  
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1. Not 100% sure from the description but that sounds like the cam cover crescent leaking - very common.
Take the cam cover off and remove the gasket. At the back you will see the semi circular area that is notorious for not seating correctly and leaking. Get a new gasket/seal and clean everything off and when refitting you can use some sealant to keep the back in position whilst refitting. Had mine done a few months back and has been fine since. 2. I believe there is a post on here about this - not sure which section. From memory it was an easy job and no sealant. Bob 2015 Jaguar XE240 R Sport - goes like ....... !! 2013 Defender 90 CSW - sold 2009 Defender 110 Double Cab - sold 2001 TD5 90 CSW - offroad project - sold to a forum member 2011 Porsche Boxster - for the sunny days ! |
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11th Sep 2013 8:33am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17212  
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Brtilliant, thanks folks!
I changed the injector harness years ago (following the "Blackwolf guide to having no further injector harness problems" as described elsewhere on this forum) and have had no issues with that since, but the oil leak is a recent development. Still, with over 200,000 miles on the clock a few problems are to be expected. |
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11th Sep 2013 10:19am |
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| Skye_Rover Member Since: 30 Aug 2013 Location: Skye Posts: 85  
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It's always too easy to get that rear seal crescent cocked-over on the Disco TD5. The problem is the bulkhead when you are putting the cam cover back on again, which doesn't give a problem on the Defender. Hence I seem to see many more oil leaks on Discos than Defender TD5's
 If you are looking for the problem, it is easy to rectify before the screws go in. Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads. |
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13th Sep 2013 10:37pm |
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| MadTom Member Since: 10 Sep 2013 Location: Olomouc Posts: 612  
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Last week I have changed the seal below the valve cover - much easier on Def than on Disco2. But if you place some drops of engine grade silicone sealant on the cover and use is as a temporary gue to hold the seal on the cover, it will be much easier to place the cover with seal correctly back. And also don't forget to place 2 small drops on the right place on the back side of engine (on the ends oh half-moon part of the seal)- it is described in Disco2 RAVE (but not in Defender RAVE).
I have also place very thin smear of the silicone on all sealing surface of engine head, just to be sure. It is not good to have oil leak on back of the engine, as it can oil the clutch. |
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