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Anonymous Posted on Feb 19, 2009

I over heated my '00' model wrx and now is leaking oil from exhaust outlet, no loss in power no other leaks

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    the radiator was cracked and i replaced that. the oil is leaking from around were the headers bolt up to the head.how do i do a compresion test? iv been told it could just be a head gasket? it still drives fine but cos the oil leak is from exuast it burns and creates smoke. is it a hard job to pull heads off and change pistons cos iv got the equipment to do it? is there anywere i can get diagrams to get me through it step by step?

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It is possible that rubber valve cover seals dried out and when engine got hot the seals cracked and that will create oil weepage on to exhaust manifolds , if it runs ok , replace valve cover seals

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Sorry, you have damaged your engine. Probably ring damage on one of the pistons.
No smoke from the exhaust? Make sure you check the engine oil regularly. It will be an expensive repair. You must not have had a lot of miles on it huh? I am surprised that the top half didn't give out first, or did you already have a coolant leak somewhere and lost pressure?
Do a compression check on all cylinders and that will tell you which piston is damaged. Good luck.
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