Oil leak from front of engine 456 GT 1995

Took my car to FastCars in Redondo Beach today to inspect a small oil leak noted on my garage floor. Just a few drops in the last 2 weeks. Looks like there is leakage probably from the area of the cam on the driver side when inspected on the lift and smaller leak from the of the cam covers on the passenger side.

As a result will be doing a 30K service on the car. Last big service with belt was 15 months ago at AutoGallery prior to my purchase. Car currently has 15,500 miles. Purchased at 14,000 and last belt service at 13,500

If this ends up being the case what other preventative maintenance should be done?

These are repairs that I plan to do:

Hill engineering tensioner bearing
Replace the three hoses under the manifold with silicon hoses
Replace the temperature sensors
Replace thermostat and water pump seal gasket
Clean and bench test fuel injectors

Once completed it was suggested that I should be good for 5 years as far as a "Major" service. Obvious annual service will be needed.

Any other suggested work while this big service is being done? Anticipated cost about $5K. When I purchased the car I had planned for about this amount of potential repairs. So not entirely a shocker. Have driven the car 1500 miles in the last 2 months and have really enjoyed it.

FastCars is an AMAZING place. Saw multiple cars they maintain, have restored and are in the process of restoration. Will post sone pics once I get them downloaded from my phone.
Thanks Craig!

Cheers

AK


Would appreciate any further input from my felllow FChatter about issues to address while the car is in for service.

 

Terry

Thanks for all the advice and guidance. I really appreciate all of your input. I have verified with FastCars and the will be checking valve clearances, all five hoses and degreeing the cams and using the updated bracket. I forwarded your post to Craig and he assures me they will doing all as you described.

I do not quite follow the first paragraph of your post:

Alex- HE does not make a tensioner bearing for the V12s because the OEM design is fine. They do get their bearings directly from SKF, Ferrari's OEM supplier, though, so specify Ricambi, who gets their tensioner bearings from HE, or HE.

So OEM is the Ferrari bearing. Is the Ricambi a Hill Eng bearing? Are they different? How is Ricambi different from OEM?

Please clarify

Also, if you are ever in Santa Barbara please contact me. I certainly would like to take you out for a nice dinner for all your time you have spent in responding to my posts. Your extensive accurate knowledge is truly appreciated!

Cheers

AK

 

Terry

Upon doing the major service which are the five hoses to be replaced? Is it part of the Ricambi package below?

Simply stated, the best coolant hose money can buy. At Scuderia Rampante Innovations we designed this hose to far exceed any requirements we have on the Ferrari's and to last multiple services if installed properly. This is not a "siliconized" consumer grade hose, this is 100% Silicone, as good as it gets in every respect.

This is a complete coolant hose kit for the 456GT and 456M. It contains:

1 x 181599 Plenum hose
1 x 179037 Upper radiator hose
1 x 175223 Lower waterpump connection hose
1 x 175643 Radiator delivery pipe
1 x 155616 Expansion tank to pump hose
1 x 155618 Expansion tank hose
1 x 155617 Expansion tank hose
1 x 155619 Upper radiator vent hose

Or are they listed on this page?
http://www.ricambiamerica.com/images/diagrams/full/456GT_25.jpg

I see
#45 =181599
#50 =175223

What are the numbers of the other hoses which should be replaced during this service? Which five? I am so green that I am lost in the diagrams. The complete Ricambi kit seems to replace all radiator hoses( total of 8), however I am looking to replace the ones that hard to get to at this time. Which are the other three? Does the packet include all 5 hoses which you suggest?

Any help would be appreciated

Aimlessly lost

AK

 

Terry

I am wondering whether I should just have all the SRI hoses replaced which come in the package and not have to worry about any of them down the road. Hoses do not appear to come individually at Ricambi. I assume this package is Dave Helm Scuderia hoses. I bet buying several hoses individual will approach the whole package.

Also with respect to the leak, could the oil they saw, without removing the belt cover, and since the seals were done just 16 months ago, could the leak be coming from the lower crank cover and be spread around that area by the belt? I guess they will be able to tell when the work starts today and the cover is removed. Please excuse the lack of knowledge, however I am trying to approach this in an analytical process. I am sure I will get guidance from Craig at Fast Cars but am trying to " measure twice and cut once" !

Will have them replace the temperature sensors for the fans and replace the water pump seal while "they are there". Do feel this is wise ? Or should I wait until a problem arises? Any other suggestions for preventive work at this stage that I should consider. Have already decided on the Ricambi tensioners and the updated pulley brackets. Hope this service does not break the bank!

Your guidance is greatly appreciated.

Thanks again!

AK