What is this piece on the cylinder head and can it leak?

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Old 07-06-2013, 11:37 AM
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Default What is this piece on the cylinder head and can it leak?

Ok, 1993 240 Wagon,

Had oil leaking from bad (cheap) seals. Replaced with legit Volvo seals. All is good, sort of.

Still have a "leak" coming out of the top part of the head.

I did notice (don't know how I didn't notice before) there is a bolt just under and to the left of the cam shaft coming out of the head (think southwest). could oil leak from here?

Here is the thing, I swapped out the B230 head for a B23 head. On my old B230 head (see pic) it's a plug, on the B23 head it's a bolt.

Look at the pic (its the old B230 head), the orange circle is the "bolt" area. you can see on this head it's a plug. The oil "leak" comes down into the area circled in white.

What is this piece on the cylinder head and can it leak?-oil-leak1.jpg

Can oil leak from this bolt??? and what exactly is it? Before I take the timing belt off again I want to make sure that is the issue. It also makes sense why the timing belt cover isn't 100% flush because the B23 head on there now had the bolt head instead of the flush plug. how I didn't see it, I don't know, it was right in front of me (of course I couldn't find the crankshaft pulley that I tripped over 12 times).

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Old 07-06-2013, 07:49 PM
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That I believe is the OIL PRESSURE testing port... It should be pretty easy to make it stop leaking by just tightening it. Or put some sealant on it before tightening.
 
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