OFH Gasket Leaking Internally?

F80Mmm · 02-20-2019, 02:04 PM

Hey, I had a shop tell me my OFH gasket was leaking internally. I replaced it a year ago and just did an oil change and everything looked normal. I'd assume if there was an internal leak the oil would be milky? Just wanted to confirm this doesn't need to be replaced and that the shop was trying to run up a repair bill.

bbnks2 · 02-20-2019, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by E90Crack

Hey, I had a shop tell me my OFH gasket was leaking internally. I replaced it a year ago and just did an oil change and everything looked normal. I'd assume if there was an internal leak the oil would be milky? Just wanted to confirm this doesn't need to be replaced and that the shop was trying to run up a repair bill.

Check the coolant. I had an internal leak once. I spent a week flushing my cooling system... I had no clue it was happening until enough oil had pushed its way into the cooling system that it started puking from the overflow tank. It looks like the OFHG melted allowing fluids to mix. This gasket was just replaced maybe 15k miles prior to this too.

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