Rogue Engineering oil return line vs stock

[fattycharged]

obvious suggestion, but clean it up, that'll pinpoint it

[Shonky]

It almost looks like you are missing the outer crush washer. Even from the video it's a bit hard to see but I see a small amount of copper colour.

Or alternately it's smaller than the one closer to the valve cover. Perhaps a wrong size was used?

[Cubieman]

I think give the man a prize for the bolt grommet suggestion, but yeah, definitely clean and confirm before doing anything.

[Casa de Mesa]

Oil has a tendency to spread easily. It doesn't typically defy gravity... but who knows what airflow is going on under the hood that might cause the weepage to rise. It definitely looks like it's concentrated on that oil return line. The easiest thing to try is to replace the crush washers, clean, and monitor it.

My thought after watching that vid: if it was coming from the top of the valve cover, you'd probably see more oil concentration up there. From the video, it doesn't look like that's the case.

[bigjae46]

Might be worth upgrading to the Rogue line. Why not? And if it fixes the leak...great! If not...then keep looking for the leak.

[Nate047]

Thanks guys, I ordered some crush washers and will pop them in when they arrive, clean it up, and see if it persists.

[Casa de Mesa]

Keep us posted. You have built up a crew with a vested interest in copper washers, lol

[oceansize]

Also, FYI, those banjo bolts will snap super easy. Don't over torque.

[sapote]

Here’s a video with the beauty cover off

I think it's leaking at the washers; I would snug up the banjor bolt by 1/16 to 1/8 turns.

[Nate047]

Keep us posted. You have built up a crew with a vested interest in copper washers, lol

LOL fair enough. I'll make sure to follow up when they arrive in the meantime I'm thinking I'll do a smoke test as well. Can't hurt right?

[Nate047]

Update: cleaned the area, replaced the two copper crush washers, ran the car for 20 minutes, no smoke and still looking clean!

I did do a diagnostic smoke test the other day, which revealed nothing aside from a minor vacuum leak on my intake boot, so that's a net positive to know that too.

Also I forgot about an intermittent no battery problem I'm having, plus some MRS codes, but that's a whole other thing. At least I can check one thing off the list today!