bad oil leak

UncaringMrBC · #1 03-20-2006, 01:45 AM

i checked my oil yesterday and it was 2 1/4 quarts low so i put 2 quarts in and by that time the next day it was already 1 1/2 quarts low again so i checked it out and it has a bad oil leak coming from under the plastic silver shield piece that covers the timing belts....i got it off and found that my small timing belt was demolished but my car still runs....can anyone tell me what that small belt does and what the top pully that that belt goes around does, cause from what i can tell all the oil is coming from behind that top pully with teeth on it.... can that thing lock up cause my small belt was completely demolished?

ez1286 · #2 03-20-2006, 01:48 AM

That small belt is the balance shaft belt. I don't know why it would cause an oil leak unless it damaged something else when it broke. Check you oild pump seal and some of the other things around there.

Killa · #3 03-20-2006, 01:53 AM

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UncaringMrBC · #4 03-20-2006, 01:58 AM

sorry forgot....92 talon tsi....all stock....the oil looks to be coming from either the top pully with teeth on the small belt or the one that just spins thats under that belt....do i have to put that belt back on or can i go without it and is there any seals behind those pully that could leak?

ez1286 · #5 03-20-2006, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by UncaringMrBC

sorry forgot....92 talon tsi....all stock....the oil looks to be coming from either the top pully with teeth on the small belt or the one that just spins thats under that belt....do i have to put that belt back on or can i go without it and is there any seals behind those pully that could leak?

Which pulley is it leaking from? The balance shaft pulley? You don't need the balance shaft belt connected. If the seal on the balance shaft was damaged when the belt broke that could have caused the problem.

UncaringMrBC · #6 03-20-2006, 02:11 AM

im not positive but i think its from the balance shaft pully that its leaking....its leaking bad though....its a solid stream...it pours off where the oil sending unit connects but its all coming from above it all, inside near the balance shaft area somewhere....would i just have to take the balance shaft pully off to put a new seal in it or is it more complicated than that?...i already have it stripped down to all the bare side of the motor...

Killa · #7 03-20-2006, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by UncaringMrBC

sorry forgot....92 talon tsi....all stock....the oil looks to be coming from either the top pully with teeth on the small belt or the one that just spins thats under that belt....do i have to put that belt back on or can i go without it and is there any seals behind those pully that could leak?

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l_eclipse_l · #8 03-20-2006, 02:14 AM

I'm wondering how all this oil didn't end up on the ground somewhere and be easily noticed, 2 quarts is a fuckin lot to lose and not realize it until you check it.

UncaringMrBC · #9 03-20-2006, 02:19 AM

i always park in the grass by my house and my oil pressure guage doesnt work cause the wires came unplugged/broke off so i didnt really have any ways to tell....

ez1286 · #10 03-20-2006, 02:23 AM

Ok here's a link to a pic without balance shafts. http://www.magnusmotorsports.com/images/1g2g/1g2g01.jpg were exactly is it leaking from. The bigger bottom pulley is the crank pulley. I'm thinking part of the shaft got wedged between something and fucked up the seal.

UncaringMrBC · #11 03-20-2006, 02:25 AM

i think that mines leaking from the upper pully i know that the belt was wedged around that pully pretty tight...i dont know why just that belt would break though...

ez1286 · #12 03-20-2006, 02:49 AM

have you had the timing belt replaced? That belt should have been replaced with the tbelt. I didn't replace mine when i did my tbelt the balance shaft belt broke 5 minutes after i started it. I bet the balance shaft pulley seal is broken, just do the balance shaft elimination.

UncaringMrBC · #13 03-20-2006, 02:53 AM

yeah it was just replaced a month ago im not sure how long the balancing shaft belt has been broken though....

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