[bartbes]

Hey guys,

Finishing up my stage 2 turbo swap and solving some small issues I pulled off the engine cover and the insulation of the cover was soaked with oil and what seems like gas, around the oil cap.. Also a little pooling in the holes at cyl 3, 4. Looks like oil with transperant fluid. Opened the oil cap and the smell is a little bit like gas.

Checked the rb pcv, flapper hose, and oil catch can, chaged valve cover, plugs, coils, injectors a few months ago. Already have new oul cap. Car runs great.

Why and what could be causing this?

Thanks.

[Boland01]

Just to eliminate all possibilities was the oil cap completely screwed down? Had a similar incident on my son's car and found the oil cap was not screwed down the last tiny bit of a turn. I found it when I popped the hood and say a tiny bit of mist coming from the cap. It also leaked a little oil on cylinder 3 and 4.

[bartbes]

Checked the oil cap and it was fine. Did see a constant difference between fuel trim bank 1 and 2, also did the pe mod with exhaust valve unpluged and new tips and only the right one is turning black, so hopefully I do have a leaking injector in one bank. Going to check the plugs asap. Still does'nt explain the fluid on top of the engine. What do you guys think?

Thanks

[GottWhat]

How old is the valve cover gasket? The valve covers themselves are also known to crack.

[bartbes]

All is a few months old

If there is a leak around/near the oil cap, then replace the oil cap.

The "newer" style oil cap is much better. Your current cap gasket is probably dried up, etc. Mine "looked" fine but I had the same issue; new cap fixed it.

[bartbes]

I am on my second new oem oil cap

Originally Posted by bartbes

I am on my second new oem oil cap

What style do you have on there right now?

[Julian2485]

What's part number for new oil cap ?

[bartbes]

I've got the one with the flip cap, and the screw on cap