 OIL LEAK! |
 Apr 16, 2008 - 9:57 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Dec 8, '05 From South Bend / Mishawaka INDIANA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Got my usual oil change today and I was told that my oil was really low. I asked if it had a leak and they said there's a very slow one not coming from any lines or anything, but oil is on the bottom of the engine. Any others have problems like this? Any suggestions/solutions before I take it to a toyota specific shop?
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Apr 16, 2008 - 6:57 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 20, '08 From East Coast Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Still got good oil pressure? Some shops can put a harmless dye in the oil and then pretty quickly locate the leak.
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Apr 17, 2008 - 9:26 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 29, '05 From Rochester, Massachusetts Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
QUOTE(6G96GT @ Apr 16, 2008 - 6:57 PM) [snapback]665356[/snapback] Still got good oil pressure? Some shops can put a harmless dye in the oil and then pretty quickly locate the leak. its a UV dye. You clean up the oil on your engine. put the stuff in the crank case, drive it for a while then jack it up and use a black light to see where the oil is coming out of works pretty well actually --------------------  The question is not how far. The question is, do you possess the constitution, the depth of faith, to go as far as is needed? |
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