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    Little help with an oil leak diagnosis?

    Hey guys
    Discovered an oil leak down the front of the engine on the exhaust side.
    (Made a big ol' mess).

    Would this most likely be cam position sensor or vanos gasket related?
    While cleaning up the mess I noted that VCG looked good. It was replaced about 20k ago.

    Picture taken from below looking up:
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    Thanks!
    Last edited by velocity_b; 03-05-2020 at 09:36 PM.

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    I'll leave this up just incase anyone ends up searching in the future.

    It was the cam position sensor o-ring that was bad.

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    Your pic didn't post. Can you repost it to help the next buddy with a leak on that side of the engine (kinda rare compared to the classic spots, OFHG and VCG).
    325i, 2005, 5MT, Silvergrey, leatherette, Sport package; CDV delete, KONI STR-T & KYB Excel-G, Weisslichts, Stewart H2O pump

    328i, 2010, 6MT, Spacegrey, dakota leather, M-sport packages; has a 330 intake but no tune - yet
    http://s900.photobucket.com/user/othibau/media/Junesig.jpg.html][IMG]http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/ac208/othibau/Junesig.jpg

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    Weird. Edited and uploaded rather than inserted now, hopefully it's working.

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    See it, thanks.
    325i, 2005, 5MT, Silvergrey, leatherette, Sport package; CDV delete, KONI STR-T & KYB Excel-G, Weisslichts, Stewart H2O pump

    328i, 2010, 6MT, Spacegrey, dakota leather, M-sport packages; has a 330 intake but no tune - yet
    http://s900.photobucket.com/user/othibau/media/Junesig.jpg.html][IMG]http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/ac208/othibau/Junesig.jpg

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    Thanks for following up with the solution/culprit.

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