Subject	New oil doesn’t have much of a “smell”, old or dirty oils do
Posted by	Zbruh92 on May 18, 2018 at 7:15 PM
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In Reply To	Copy that. But this has no oil smell. That's pretty distinct (n/m) posted by GrecV2 on May 18, 2018 at 06:28 PM
Message	Pull the timing covers off, if it’s oil there will be a thin film of oil coating the inside of the covers. If it’s definitely not coolant then it’s got to be oil, I can guarantee it’s not grease from the idler. 250m after my rebuild my VTC gears started leaking and it looked like dirty water on the upper water pipe. src=“https://www.dropbox.com/s/z1h6pqq6ar0cf0w/Photo%20Apr%2004 %2C%2018%2010%2037%20%281%29.jpg?dl=0”>
Follow Ups	Something leaking onto top of water pump after 120k... ? - GrecV2 21:06:47 05/11/18 Only thing I can think of are bypass hoses. (n/m) - itsa300zx 15:30:53 05/12/18 Def not coolant... Looks like oil. No real smell (n/m) - GrecV2 17:11:10 05/12/18 intake valve covers, cam seals, or VTC gears - Zbruh92 19:41:06 05/17/18 Copy that. But this has no oil smell. That's pretty distinct (n/m) - GrecV2 18:28:17 05/18/18 New oil doesn’t have much of a “smell”, old or dirty oils do - Zbruh92 19:15:50 05/18/18 I 1st saw it when there was used oil in her... but still... - GrecV2 01:05:02 05/19/18 Just to be clear, VTCs are the ones w/ little covers... - GrecV2 10:50:58 05/19/18
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