oil leak and gaskets veccy c

graeme

Hi guys. I have a leak in my vectra c 04 22se. It has been leaving puddles under the car but on further investigation it looks like an oil leak from either the top of the engine or the inlet manifold area at the front. A mechanic I spoke to reckons it could be a blocked breather pipe but I wondered what gaskets there are on the engine as its done 89k now thought maybe there could be some easy to try fixes maybe?

SriSte

Its got rubber gaskets on the cam cover and both ends of inlet manifold. Must be pretty bad to leave puddles.

sophos9

If its cam chain side then crank oil seal may be leaking and crank pulley will distribute oil all over your engine. For something to leave puddles it has to be pretty major and noticeable. Cam cover gasket, cam chain cover gasket or crank shaft... dunno..

Also check your power steering reservoir