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Old May 20, 2016 | 02:02 AM
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External Rear Timing Cover Seeping

I have a 2012 g37 sedan with 47k miles. It appears the rear timing cover is seeping oil at the top left near the valve cover. Does anyone else have this problem and is it normal?

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Old May 20, 2016 | 10:16 AM
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Looks normal to me and you have nothing to worry about.
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Old May 20, 2016 | 12:17 PM
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mine seep in the front:/ been that way for over 30k (91k on the car now) miles dealer keeps telling me its nothing. I guess the engine needs to stop LOL

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Old May 20, 2016 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by SonicVQ
Looks normal to me and you have nothing to worry about.
The picture was after I wiped it off. But it keeps coming back.
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Old May 20, 2016 | 01:19 PM
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LOL...

It is hard to judge how bad a sweat/leak is when you show it after you wipe it clean.
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Old May 20, 2016 | 01:25 PM
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Yeah true. Lol. Just seeing if other people have or had this. I will leave it alone for a while and retake.
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Old May 20, 2016 | 05:50 PM
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So if your under warranty and its leaking oil the dealer says its normal wtf?
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Old May 20, 2016 | 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ANMVQ
mine seep in the front:/ been that way for over 30k (61k on the car now) miles dealer keeps telling me its nothing. I guess the engine needs to stop LOL
What year is your G?
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Old May 23, 2016 | 03:49 PM
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What year is your G?
It's a 09, been seeping since I bought it :/

An fat fingered the mileage sorry, 91k :/
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Old Jun 10, 2016 | 02:00 AM
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I don't drive it much but here is after a couple weeks:

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Old Jun 10, 2016 | 08:49 AM
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Any kind of oil leak is a bad thing. No matter who tells you different, their nuts.
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Old Jun 10, 2016 | 08:58 AM
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I don't know if this is normal, but this "leak" is nothing to worry about.
Generally a "leak" drips, I would call this a slight "sweat"

Enjoy your car and don't worry about it.
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Old Jun 10, 2016 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by VQpoppa
Any kind of oil leak is a bad thing. No matter who tells you different, their nuts.

Agreed. Especially when it only has 47k miles on it. No oil should be leaking/seeping from anywhere.

It doesn't look bad singer, but i would take it to an infiniti dealer who's familiar with the cheap infiniti timing gasket issue and see what they say. Don't necessarily get it fixed there whatever the case, just get an experienced confirmation if it's anything you should worry about then go from there....
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Old Jun 10, 2016 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ColumbiaSkinny
Don't necessarily get it fixed there whatever the case, just get an experienced confirmation if it's anything you should worry about then go from there....
I just gave an "experienced confirmation"
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Old Jun 11, 2016 | 02:40 PM
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Took it to the dealership today and they're going to fix it. 17 hours in labor and a Q50 loaner.
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