Suzuki Cappuccino Oil Leak on Head

[tangowhisky77]

My Suzuki Cappuccino is leaking oil from a hole in the engine head on the exhaust side. It is on the back side of the engine and it has no threads or anything but on my spare engine engine took part I can see the gasket has a clear surface where what looks like a washer used to be. When I turn the engine on it starts leaking quire quickly out of this hole but nothing is plugging it. This hole goes all the way to the other side and the intake gasket has he same hole but as far as I know that's not leaking. What is this hole even for?

It is the larger hole next to bolt number 9 on the first picture.

[E-bmw]

tangowhisky77 said:

on my spare engine engine took part I can see the gasket has a clear surface where what looks like a washer used to be.

I have no idea what you mean by this.

Can you get a few pics showing the area & the "hole"?

[tangowhisky77]

E-bmw said:

I have no idea what you mean by this.

Can you get a few pics showing the area & the "hole"?

[Megaflow]

Is that hole covered by the manifold normally? Is there anything on the manifold that takes the oil anywhere?

Without any other details, I’d suspect the gasket has just reached the end of its life, not helped by the unequal clamping it will get from the single bolt.

[E-bmw]

Megaflow said:

Is that hole covered by the manifold normally? Is there anything on the manifold that takes the oil anywhere?

Without any other details, I’d suspect the gasket has just reached the end of its life, not helped by the unequal clamping it will get from the single bolt.

As above, that isn't a "clean area where a washer was" it is a "fire ring" which is part of the gasket to protect it from heat & looks like the manifold should cover it.

Have you a pic of the manifold?

What is the context of the original question/what haven't you told us/did it suddenly start leaking masses of oil/have you taken it apart for some other reason?

[Bullet-Proof_Biscuit]

Weird, first thought would be EGR port or coolant port.

Edited by Bullet-Proof_Biscuit on Thursday 14th February 13:43

[Bullet-Proof_Biscuit]

Yep, looks like an EGR port, if it's 'a bit of oil' then that's normal build up. If its 'a lot', and the car smokes, then your turbo is dying / on it's way out.