OK. I have had 2 Magna's now and both being the 3.5l V6. Both have had oil leaks and both i am unable to find the leaks. yesterday i nipped up the rocker covers (or what ever you want to call them) after seeing an excessive amount of crud built up in various spots on the engine. I have degreased the motor to see if i can find where it is coming from.
So i thought i would see if i can find out and see where everyone else's oil is leaking from?
:facejump:

OK. I have had 2 Magna's now and both being the 3.5l V6. Both have had oil leaks and both i am unable to find the leaks. yesterday i nipped up the rocker covers (or what ever you want to call them) after seeing an excessive amount of crud built up in various spots on the engine. I have degreased the motor to see if i can find where it is coming from.
So i thought i would see if i can find out and see where everyone else's oil is leaking from?
:facejump:

Well mine's still fairly young 2005 and 90000k. Just had the rocker seals replaced , no more leaks. Did'nt get much warning , leaked enough so it was starting run down the exhaust manifolds and shields. Once the seals start getting old and hard I doubt doing up the bolts will do much i cetainly have'nt had much luck and if too tight you may distort the rocker cover and end up with more problems IMO anyway. The only other obvious places I could think of would be
1. crank shaft seals front and rear
2. camshaft seals ,might pay to remove a timing belt cover, it may be wet in there and oil will damage the belt and potential damage if belt breaks.
3. sump gasket and
4. potentially an O Ring on the distributor
5. maybe weeping head gaskets??

The only Magna I've had long enough was a 93 TR V6 for 8 years. Rockers seeped a little never enough to be a problem and an O ring went on the PWR Steer pump coupling.

I had an old subaru liberty which with the flat four engine the rockers are on their sides, so when they leaked they did it well. Manage to fix these pretty good with a Permatex product "No. 2 Form-A Gasket Sealant Non-hardening Pliable. It's used on both sides of old or new gaskets. Did the job, i used the old seal and applied it both sides. The seal was a little hard on the mating surfaces but still pliable enough without cracking. I had the car another 6 or 7 years leak did'nt re-appear.Not sure how expensive it was but sometimes you might as well cut your losses and get new seals. As for the cam and crank seals, they get hard with age so once they go you just have to get new ones and if you do big job and you start looking at the timing belts, tensioner pulleys, water pump etc cause you might as well check them while you're there.