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12-05-2023, 07:18 PM | #1 |
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What are these liquid that seems to be leaking from the valve cover area?
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I noticed the following things on my relative's car under the hood. I can see oil must be leaking due to faulty valve cover gasket but I am not sure what these white marks are supposed to be. Are these leaks from coolant that are just dried up? I am looking to order a new valve cover gasket but I wanted to see if this is a result of some leak other than oil so i can try to order + fix at the same time. I checked under the car and i didn't see any dripping fortunately. View post on imgur.com Just fyi, the coolant tank looks empty but it's half-tank full. |
12-05-2023, 08:08 PM | #2 |
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Yes, dried coolant leaves a deposit like that. The bigger question is how it got there. Good chance of a high pressure leak somewhere that is spraying it about.
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I will try to locate the leak by having the car running and replace whatever is causing. Hopefully i can replace it while doing the valve cover gasket which seems easier than E90 cars |
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VCG is definitely easier on a F10... so much more room to work in there! |
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