 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 - 5:27 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 29, '12 From British Columbia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Okay well i just checked my spark plugs, and in the second cylinder there was a lot of oil in there, the spark plug was covered in oil,,,,I'm guessing this isn't normal???
  You can see the dirty dark oil on top.  Anyone? |
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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 bet its the same leak I have.
Where do you se... Jul 17, 2012 - 2:51 PM caribou17 QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Jul 17, 2012 - 3... Jul 17, 2012 - 3:19 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 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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