 Best way to hunt down an oil leak? |
 Jul 16, 2012 - 7:40 PM
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Well i did an oil change on the car today its the first I've done on the Celica because i just got it not to long ago, Anyways, Theres a lot of oil underneath, I had the car parked in the same spot for 9 days while i was away and i just got back a few days ago and there was NO oil on the ground at all,,,Should i try and clean it up underneath and then try and see where its coming from? ( i also have to use someone else's lift for the car so i kind of want to know what i should be looking for etc)
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Jul 17, 2012 - 2:51 PM
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I bet its the same leak I have.
Where do you see most of the oil? Crankshaft side? --------------------  1995 GT::::Diffusing the Situation エキサイティングカーレーシングチーム! march 2010 COTM : 6GC feature 2014 : january 2015-2016-2018 COTM |
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Jul 17, 2012 - 3:19 PM
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QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Jul 17, 2012 - 3:51 PM)  I bet its the same leak I have. Where do you see most of the oil? Crankshaft side? Yes thats where most of it all is,,,Where is your leak? QUOTE (richee3 @ Jul 17, 2012 - 3:48 PM) I can't remember what it's called right now but there's a white spray you can put on the engine after you clean all the oil off. The leak will easily show against the white spray so you can find it with ease. The guys at the auto parts store will know what it's called. Right on ill have to go see if i can get some, thanks for the heads up i didn't know i could buy that stuff. |
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caribou17 Best way to hunt down an oil leak? Jul 16, 2012 - 7:40 PM
Special_Edy QUOTE (caribou17 @ Jul 16, 2012 - 8... Jul 16, 2012 - 10:49 PM
caribou17 QUOTE (Special_Edy @ Jul 16, 2012 - 11... Jul 16, 2012 - 11:55 PM Smaay clean the engine really good. then look to see whe... Jul 16, 2012 - 10:51 PM trdproven its really hard to say if the leak happened before... Jul 16, 2012 - 11:01 PM trdproven i'd clean it up and check. is it leaking from... Jul 17, 2012 - 1:47 AM caribou17 QUOTE (trdproven @ Jul 17, 2012 - 1... Jul 17, 2012 - 1:47 PM richee3 I can't remember what it's called right no... Jul 17, 2012 - 2:48 PM Tigawoods I will let you know in a couple weeks.
My primary... Jul 17, 2012 - 4:34 PM trdproven can be there...but you can use those UV dye crap b... Jul 17, 2012 - 5:14 PM caribou17 Okay well i just checked my spark plugs, and in th... Jul 17, 2012 - 5:27 PM Box Sounds like bad oil rings or valve seals on cylind... Jul 17, 2012 - 5:56 PM Bitter Start with a valve cover gasket with tube seals an... Jul 17, 2012 - 6:57 PM Box Ah yes, definitely try valve cover and spark plug ... Jul 17, 2012 - 9:29 PM caribou17 Alright well i did what you guys said and got new ... Jul 17, 2012 - 10:07 PM caribou17 Well the spark plug seals that i changed definitel... Jul 21, 2012 - 1:11 AM Bitter Little dirty, nothing horrible. Run some auto tran... Jul 22, 2012 - 10:32 AM caribou17 QUOTE (Bitter @ Jul 22, 2012 - 10:32... Jul 22, 2012 - 3:16 PM Bitter ATF has good detergency and will clean things gent... Jul 22, 2012 - 4:23 PM |
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