oil leak

[william_young]

back in june my car had an oil leak from the crank seal , i took it to where i bought it from and they repaired it , then in september it started to leak again so i took it to subaru and they repaired it . now it looks like its leaking again [:@] could this be a problem with the oil pump or something more serious i dont want to start throwing money away on crank seals every couple of months

thanks for any help

ps. would it be covered by a subaru parts/labour warrenty

[drb5]

I'd be going back to the Subaru dealer that done the work to let them see it and to get their opinion.

It's quite possible it wasn't installed properly. I tend to use more than enough sealer, as it is too big a task to have to do the whole job again, just for the sake of scrimping on a bit of sealer.

[william_young]

just been back to them , i can only get it booking in a weeks time but they said it might be back pressure causing it to blow the seal

[scoobymadburd]

our wagon had an oil leak that really got on our nerves so we put it in to Greer Sport. They spent a couple of days on the car looking and trying to find the answer the main problem was the gudgeon pin seals(think thats what they are called) were away!!!!!!!!! Just a thought as sometimes it would be ok and sometimes it would smoke!!!

[william_young]

thanks for that scoobymadburd it never smokes. the only time it uses oil is when it loses it like now lol. it smells of oil because it is managing to get on the exhaust heat shield that runs along the front it doesnt seam to be getting an worse either cause ive been using it (although not a clever thing to do )

does anyone know if there could be an issue with the oil pump that would cause this . has anyone had pervious problems with theirs