Engine Oil leak, with pictures., Can someone diagnose this for me? Options

[samir0189]

Hey everyone,

My celi's always had a leak for as long as i can remember, but just one or two drops, nothing major.

now...



I have some pics of underneath the car, the leak is more passenger side on the ground.

ALOT of oil is settled on this thing



And the whole backside of the engine block appears shiny. (doesn't look shiny in pics though..)



And this is the oil pan, it appears to be really oily, but idk if thats cause the oil settled there or if it originated fromthere.




Any ideas? I can take more pics if need be.

THANKS everyone!

[silver6gc]

samir0189 Posted Yesterday, 11:45 PM
QUOTE (silver6gc @ Jan 30, 2009 - 10:01 PM)
If youre timing belt is due in 3k then wait to do anything until you do the t-belt. I will bet you youre going to find youre front engine seals leaking, including the oil pump. To reseal the oil pump properly will require that you take the oil pan off, thats why i say dont do it until you do the t-belt, it would suck to have to do it twice. However, all that being said, I noticed that you have a feeze plug that appears to be leaking on the back of your engine, check that also because if youre block is corroded where it seals to the freeze plug (it's most likely just the freeze plug that's corroded), you MAY just want to focus on possibly getting another engine. You and anybody else can PM me if you/they ever need help/instructions on something or part numbers, that includes any other Toyota models that you may also drive.



well i've got the t-belt and the fipg and the valve gasket, im gonna do the valve cover tomorrow morning, and perhaps the oil pan. IF my leaks persist i will buy the seals for all areas around the t-belt (stealership wanted another 70 bucks..) and i wouldn't mind dropping the oil pan again. right now i'm pretty confident the largest oil leaks are from the valve cover and the pan. .

I didn't notice (or know of for that matter) freeze plugs, and I saw the one you are talking about in one of my photos. fortunately, no coolant is on the ground YET, but as you pointed this out to me, it may be a matter of time. I really don't have the money to replace the engine altogether (and if i did, i wouldn't want a 5s in there again! ) but i read up on these things, and is it possible that I can seal it with something temporarily, a putty, glue type thing, you know what i mean? or do you think i could change it altogether? there is a bit of room back there to be able to work on it.. ...

My motor runs flawlessly (minus these leaks obviously) for having 246k on it, i'd hate for something like a coolant leak to make me have to change the whole motor...

Yes, you should be able to seal the freeze plug with FIPG if it's VERY clean, I only say another engine as a very worst possible scenario, sorry if i alarmed you. However, with the freeze plug rusting from the inside out, I would try to get it replaced as soon as possible so it doesn't transfer "The Cancer" (rust) to the block. I can't tell for sure fom your pics, but it looks like you're biggest leak is going to be the oil pump. I say that because in the pics, your intake manifold doesn't look THAT wet. If your valve cover was leaking as bad as your leak appears to be, the intake manifold would be soaked. The oil pump would definitely be getting oil on your power steering pump and the back of the pan like it is in your pics. I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET TOYOTA PARTS FOR YOUR CAR, ESPECIALLY THE OIL SEALS YOU WILL NEED FOR THS JOB!!! Take my advice or not, but I am trained by Toyota to do this for a living and I'm pretty f@!#ing good at it .