 Best way to hunt down an oil leak? |
 Jul 16, 2012 - 7:40 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined May 29, '12 From British Columbia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
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 22, 2012 - 10:32 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Little dirty, nothing horrible. Run some auto trans fluid in there for a few oil changes to clean some of the gunk out, about 1/2 quart in place of 1/2 quart of oil, so 3.5qt oil and .5qt auto trans fluid. Doesn't matter what kind you use.
for the valve cover itself, get one of those carb dip buckets and a plastic tub with lid big enough to hold the valve cover, dump the carb cleaner in the tub over the valve cover and let it sit over night, in the morning pull it out and go at it with the garden hose and some purple power with a scrub brush, toss it in the over at 250 to dry for 30 minutes OR just let it sit in the sun for a few hours. It'll be nice and clean again. Great time to sand and paint it if you wish. -------------------- |
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Jul 22, 2012 - 3:16 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 29, '12 From British Columbia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (Bitter @ Jul 22, 2012 - 10:32 AM)  Little dirty, nothing horrible. Run some auto trans fluid in there for a few oil changes to clean some of the gunk out, about 1/2 quart in place of 1/2 quart of oil, so 3.5qt oil and .5qt auto trans fluid. Doesn't matter what kind you use. for the valve cover itself, get one of those carb dip buckets and a plastic tub with lid big enough to hold the valve cover, dump the carb cleaner in the tub over the valve cover and let it sit over night, in the morning pull it out and go at it with the garden hose and some purple power with a scrub brush, toss it in the over at 250 to dry for 30 minutes OR just let it sit in the sun for a few hours. It'll be nice and clean again. Great time to sand and paint it if you wish. Ive never heard of AT fluid used to clean, thanks for the tip,,,,Im guessing i can repeat the same procedure for the bottom half of my oil pan too?,,, Thanks for the help! |
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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 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 ATF has good detergency and will clean things gent... Jul 22, 2012 - 4:23 PM |
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