Can you please help... The following pictures have been taken of where the liquid (assuming oil is leaking from)... it's a slow leak that gives a white smoke when engine is hot... (Jap 95' WRX 40k mileage)

Help...

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I hope the pictures come out. I have taken pics of where the oil seems to have spilled / leaked... there maybe more than one source... I think the steering oil is leaking... but so much that it has reached the bottom of the engine...???

Some have suggested 'rocker gasket' on the left...???

Where is it coming from...???

 

smoke off that area or out of the exhaust?

 

could be 1 of ur rocker gaskets best bet is to remove as much as u can pipes etc this will give a much clearer idea as the pics are a bit hit and miss with what it could be.let us kno wat it is.

 

from the photos i say it is the rocker gasket leaking do you have a smell of oil burning if you have it is most deffo the rocker gasket
chris

 

Rocker cover and or power steering leak....


Hakon

 

I know the power steering oil does have a sludge or a slow leak... but did wonder whether it could reach towards the bottom of the engine...

So, its suggested that its a rocker gasket... How much will this cost to get repaired and cleaned...?

Thanks

 

So its the steering oil leak you think from the pics... how can I check the rocker gasket... where exactly is this... (I'm a novice...)

 

AS you have already identified there seems to be 2 possibilities.. the rocker and the power steering fluid..??

Power steering fluid is easy to check since IF you are having to fill up the reservoir bottle THEN you have got a leak... the level shouldn't really change.

Remove the cap and have a look at the small dipstick, you'll notice there are 2 levels...hot and cold...
It would be well worth checking the level when the car is cold...and everything has settled/ drained.

Power steering fluid also has a reddish tinge to it.. well the stuff in my WRX has..so having a look underneath the engine for drips or even placing a sheet of newspaper to catch any drips may also help..??

Good luck

 

Remember that the ps fluid reservoir can look full, when it's actually nowhere near. Seriously.