When I had my exhaust installed my shop noticed that I had a oil leak. Anybody have any info where or why this might be happening to my 2009 Vantage?

 

Seems to be a common issue and easily corrected. Should take about 2-3 hrs at the dealer. When it gets fixed the car will smell a bit funny but tha =t will go away in 2-3 weeks.

 

Yes it is very common but no it is not easily repaired. It is the front timing cover. Very common and well documented. The front sub assembly has to be dropped down and the seal replaced. It takes about 15 labor hours and about $2500. Hopefully yours is under warranty. Mine was not.

 

May be mine was a different problem or my tech is quicker. I dropped it off and picked it up the next day.

 

Aston tried the quick fix for mine while it was under warranty. It leaked again 4 months after the warranty expired. I wish you all the luck in the world with yours.

 

My oil leak turned out to be a faulty oil filter, but from the pic yours doesn't look to be leaking from there.

 

Same issue here. Repaired under warranty and has been fine ever since.

Adam

 

Mine was fixed under warrenty too ... no issue since.

 

Got the exact same leak on my 06. The drip in your pic is identical to mine. Going to take it to where I bought it from for them to assess.

 

Thanks for the help. I will take her into the dealer as soon as I can.

 

So I just got my car back from having the infamous "timing cover' leak fixed.
My mechanic mentioned that he didn't see the oil leaking from the gasket but from the lower two bolts that hold the timing cover on. The oil had creeped along the threads and out onto the face of the cover underneath the head of the bolts.
Nonetheless he removed everything, replaced crank seal cover gaskets, refitted the seals as well as re-sealing all the bolts that hold the cover on. He also replaced the valve cover gaskets as recommended by Aston which is no big deal because it was all apart and easily accessible. An Interesting note, Aston Martin required the vin# of my car for him to purchase the seal kit as they are documenting all the cars that leak.
Too bad they won't buck up and fix this well known problem as a recall?
About 15 hours labour and $150 in parts to do this repair! I paid $1575 total.
Also should note the car needs to be aligned after this repair which costs me $150 extra and 4L of coolant was replaced at a cost of $60.

Had a bunch of other servicing done such as replacing the oil and filter with Castrol 10w60 which I bought from my BMW dealer at cost, replacing the transmission/transaxle fluid with Redline 70w80 synthetic, replacing and bleeding the brake fluid because it had a high moisture content and replaced both air filters while front end of car was apart.

Car drives great! No more leaks and my confidence is restored!

 

Mine is in the dealer right now for aligment and oil change and they found an large oil leak that never reach the garage floor. They order the part so I guess I have to wait till Monday.

 

the pan under the car prevents any oil from hitting the garage floor. unfortunately, no easy way of knowing if you have this issue it seems.

 

I disagree. I had the front timing cover oil leak and had no oil on top of the pan. With this leak the oil runs down the mating surface of the cover and drips off the AC compressor and the bottom of the timing chain cover which is behind the pan.

 

I'd have to disagree Zambono. The pan doesn't go back farther than the front sub frame. Look at the pic posted above by Rhyno. The oil creeps down the front of the block beside the crankshaft pulley and gathers on the lowest point of the block. You can see this quite clearly when you look under your car.
There is nothing in the way to stop this drip on it's way to the garage floor.