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[dave irmscher]

So guy's, where else could the oil leak be coming from if it's not the rocker cover gaskets ? Help !!!!! 

[tigers_gonads]

Have you removed one of the coil packs and had a look in the plug wells ?
Normally, if the gasket is knackered, you will find oil in one of more of the plug wells 

[dave irmscher]

Ok tigers I will give it a whirl saturday. If not whats the worst case scenario ?

[sjr47]

The Rocker cover gasket is probably your worst case scenario(or rear crankshaft oil seal if its from bellhousing area) others oil pump/oil pressure switch at front of engine sump gasket /sump drain plug /oil feed or return pipes to oil cooler near oil filter or simply oil filter. Dont get to alarmed though plenty of help & info on here and all quite doable 

[dave irmscher]

Yikes !! Ok thanks for the advice fella

[tigers_gonads]

You can do the full job in a morning bud 

I did all mine 2 weeks ago if you need the part numbers of there is a maintenance guide on here if needed 

[tunnie]

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Maybe not, but I don't use VX oil, plugs, filters, .....

but if you have a Trade Club card & have access to a participating dealer, you'd be mad not to. 

Indeed, the reason we use them is the low cost. 

[Nick W]

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Maybe not, but I don't use VX oil, plugs, filters, .....

but if you have a Trade Club card & have access to a participating dealer, you'd be mad not to. 

I've both of those, but it still isn't worth it to me. The prices often quoted here are no different to, or more expensive than decent branded stuff from local factors. I can buy NGK plugs for about £1.90 each, and every time I've used anything else over the last 25 years I've regretted it. The oil is a good price, but I don't want to buy 3 years worth at a time just to have VX branded containers. That would still be the case if I couldn't get either 10w40 or 5w30 out of the drum at work. Plus the 3 local TC dealers are a gallon of petrol and an hour's round trip away. Which simply isn't worth the hassle for ordinary service parts.

Now if you'd mentioned things like Elite rear shocks, then I'm with you, I'd be mad not to use TC.

[Andy B]

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Plus the 3 local TC dealers are a gallon of petrol and an hour's round trip away.  ....

and that's now the rub. The dealer 1/2 mile away from me used to do TC but have now stopped doing so. Another dealer within the group still does TC but like yours, is now miles away. 

[The Red Baron]

Yikes !! Ok thanks for the advice fella

where in staffordshire are you dave?.
anywhere near burton on trent.

[dave irmscher]

Hi Red Baron, i'm in stoke on trent. About 40 mins away from you 

[The Red Baron]

Daz( if he stiil does omega work) would maybe nearer to you or elite pete if they have time.
if you need a pair of eyes you can always come over here. 

[dave irmscher]

Might take you up on that squire 

[The Red Baron]

Might take you up on that squire 

welcome to. what year is it?

[dave irmscher]

2002. only had it last Saturday. I e-mailed the guy i bought it off last night. He's Romanian so was hard to understand but when i took the car for a test drive last week i'm sure he mentioned the rocker gaskets had been done about a month ago. He replied this morning and confirmed he did so it's got to be the rocker gaskets, probably not done correctly !!