The Harmonic balancer on my inline 6 engine did look like [censored] from the first day I got the car 2 1/2 years ago. However there are no oil leaks at the time. The last check I had few months ago, no leaks too. Till last week that is. I started noticing some oil right below the front main seal, behind that harmonic balancer. The leak isnt very bad, its not dripping to the ground as of yet.
The mechanic suggested me to change another balancer in better condition. Luckily I found one, and the way they both looked are like night and day. The old balancer, the rubber part looked like some one squished silicone gasket material all around the pulley, but the other used one actually had discernible nubs as shown in the pic.
So my question is, could a bad or failing harmonic balancer caused the front seal to give ? Or perhaps caused the oil pump to leak ?
What other parts could it affect ?
The mechanic suggested me to change another balancer in better condition. Luckily I found one, and the way they both looked are like night and day. The old balancer, the rubber part looked like some one squished silicone gasket material all around the pulley, but the other used one actually had discernible nubs as shown in the pic.
So my question is, could a bad or failing harmonic balancer caused the front seal to give ? Or perhaps caused the oil pump to leak ?
What other parts could it affect ?
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