my car is spewing oil, !!! Options

[saleeka]

Ok today coming home from work, before i pulled into my garage stall i noticed a puddle of stuff on the ground. I got out to see what it was, and to my suprise it was motor oil... the puddle was about the size of a basketball, and the situation was not looking to good seeing as i just cleaned my spot the day before, so i know the leaking had just started... So I opened my hood to find little droplets of oil sprayed all over everything on the front left side of the underhood area... I checked my dipstick, everything turned out normal, so i started the car up. Then i notice a thin stream of oil smoke coming from the now oil sprayed area... Anyways i just got back from the dealer about an hour ago so they can tell me whats wrong. I have no idea what is wrong here and im worried this is going to be expensive... Grrr...

[Uppitycracker]

If its coming from a seam, I'd assume its just a gasket, but you'd probably feel the effects while driving, ya I think if you describe it in more detail people could better assess the situation, better yet take a pic or get a pic of a 6gen engine bay and photochop a circle in the effected area.

But now that I read it again it sounds like you cant see exactly where its coming from, Id suggest cleaning the area, start the car, go around front and play with the throttle and see if you see anything coming out. A light would be great so you can see down in the engine bay.

This post has been edited by Uppitycracker: Mar 17, 2004 - 2:27 AM