Ok im new but I have a really bad oil leak. From what I can see its coming from the driver side front corner of the motor. Dripping off the oil pan. But im not sure where the leak is? There is oil on the whole side of the motor from the valve cover to the oil pan. There is oil all over the plastic timing covers, and oil on the intake manifold side all the way down. It could be the valve cover gasket, Cam seals, Front main, Oil Pan, or anywhere else.
I can say that after the car is killed it will sit and drip off that front corner of the motor for 5mins or so. Any ideas?
Do a thorough cleaning of the engine bay. Once all the old oil has been removed you can start looking for the source. There are many many things that could be the problem, but without seeing it, it would be a random guess.
Valve cover gasket, distributor o-ring, cam end plug, cam seals…
its a 20 year old piece of intricate technology. do you see any televisions or computers from the early 90s still being used today?
if you do its because theyve had a LOT of maintenance. add that to rubber, plastic and fibrous materials that dont react well to 20 years of heat and pressure on them and you have a recipe for leaks.
if you havent had them done yet, just replace all the engine seals. if some have been replaced and some havent, finish up the ones that are old. a new set of seals makes a motor VERY happy.
also make sure that oil hasnt seeped in past the plastic timing belt cover onto the timing belt, if that has happened, get a new timing belt too, no matter how old it is. oil can make the belt skip teeth easier.
[QUOTE=OMG Its Weasel;2149865]its a 20 year old piece of intricate technology. do you see any televisions or computers from the early 90s still being used today?
if you do its because theyve had a LOT of maintenance. add that to rubber, plastic and fibrous materials that dont react well to 20 years of heat and pressure on them and you have a recipe for leaks.
if you havent had them done yet, just replace all the engine seals. if some have been replaced and some havent, finish up the ones that are old. a new set of seals makes a motor VERY happy.
also make sure that oil hasnt seeped in past the plastic timing belt cover onto the timing belt, if that has happened, get a new timing belt too, no matter how old it is. oil can make the belt skip teeth easier.
good luck![/QUOTE]
Oil is for sure on the timing belt. and to be open I think its even leaking through the HG. But its not blown so I dont know.
its time consuming and if you dont have another car its hard, but i would try to dedicate a weekend to cleaning the motor and replacing the seals you know for sure are bad, this way you can drive it for a week or so to see if it still leaks and what else needs to be replaced, if anything. if you do all the easier shit first and it ends up being the headgasket, itll be obvious what you need to do. thats like another whole weekend right there if youre not experienced. so might as well not be down a vehicle for the work/school week and do it in two separate ones.
if you end up doing it all in seperate weekends/sessions, i suggest holding off on the timing belt until you know whether or not you have to do the headgasket. its easy enough to do by itself, but since youll have to remove it to do a headgasket, water pump seal and oil pump seal (if needed), might as well just wait and do it then. i broke a brand new timing belt trying to reinstall it, i dont know if it was a fluke or manhandling, but i figured id pass along my experience anyway.
