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[bestie26]

i had breathers cleaned and genuine vx rocker gasket/o rings fitted in the hope of clearing the oil leak at front of engine  that was dropping onto plastic sump tray , the gasket was done 2 weeks ago and iam still seeing oil gathering on the plastic tray its by no means loads but ive wiped it and sometimes it will last a couple of days but then i can see a blob of oil appear again but this seems to happen more if i face it down hill in the drive, could it still be the excess oil finding a path from when the rockers were leaking,? i /  really hoping so as i havnt the funds to be getting crank seal/cambelt  done before xmas (crank seal was previous diagnosis from garage after just looking under the bonnet) i then had advice from you guys to check the rocker gaskets as this could have been the cause - which at first i thought it was as the "pots" were full of oil so i had the gaskets changed in the hope it would cure it, if it is the crank seal thats leaking am i playing with fire driving it 300-400 miles a week ?

[Kneepad]

Do you still have oil in the plug wells?

[bestie26]

no they are clear as is the smell of burnt oil i used to get after a long journey, seems all good apart from the leak at front , whats the recomendations  for still using it if the crank seal is leaking? the only thing that points towards it ever having a cambelt replacement  are two white marker dots at the top of engine (well i presume they are timing marks anyway) other than that i havnt a clue when it was last changed
thanks

[Kneepad]

If you're only seeing a blob of oil after a couple of days then I don't see any problem with driving it. I know it is difficult but try and see where that blob is coming from.  Keep a close eye on the oil level though and as you don't know when the cambelt was last done I would make that very high on the priority of things to do.

[bestie26]

cheers iam goint to get the back end up on ramps at wkend , iam on night shift this week so no time for anything it does seem to leak more when facing down hill so ill try lifting backend up see if that shows anything up.
craig.