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Hi Steve,the story continues. I could accept that one camshaft cover cap failing may be down to age as it as the car is getting on a bit but not two.Therefore I was treating the symptoms and not the cause! I replaced the front cap and thought there must be pressue building up in the engine...

Hi All, would you believe that the front camshaft cover cap gave way over the weekend and sprayed oil everywhere.I have ordered a replacement but not sure if it is an age related failure as the car has only done 70,000 or there is excess pressure in the engine.I have had no other symptoms and...

Thank you for the reply. I have put a new cap in and it seems to be fine.The advice I had was to put the cap in dry with no RTV.I checked all the breather tubes and all were clear. I accessed the cap from the offsidefront wheel arch and pushed it in firmly with the palm of my hand.I then put a...

Hi All, I have a 2.5v6 2005 running just fine until a leak developed on the offside rear camshaft cover cap.They have a dimpled rubber centre that had split and oil started to spray out of it.I took the old one out and replaced it with the correct part and after 20mins of driving the cap came...