Do you have/had an oil leak?, Take the Poll Options

[Celicav]

Just curious. I know most have higher mileage engines due to the age of our cars. My celi with 70K appears to have just developed a small leak. I guess most cars will develop oil leaks with age, mileage, or driving habits. Do you think 70K is early for a leak (I don't drive her really hard and my engine is hardly modified)?

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

70k is not too early. That's about the time cars need some major work. Need to replace all kinds of things to new. You'll see a ton of GT with leaks. There's a common leak around the timing belt with these things.

[djultimate]

I don't have a NOTICEABLE leak but I do lose oil. Not sure if it's leaking out or being burned off. Slightly worried about but it has not effected performance.

[spke719]

mine was leaking from the valve cover but very quick fix.

[Celicav]

70k is not too early. That's about the time cars need some major work. Need to replace all kinds of things to new. You'll see a ton of GT with leaks. There's a common leak around the timing belt with these things.

Yeah, I got several front engine seals replaced and my timing belt replaced to stop an oil leak on the celica in my profile.

[shin]

no leaks when i was NA... after turbo, i had lotsa different leaks... from the oil pan cause i bought a MR2 turbo oilpan with the oil level sensor bung which i didn't need.. defgeph tried to weld a piece of metal on it to cover it but didn't work, oil relocation kit leaked from the block side and the filter side, radiator cap was bad so coolant leaked.. all these we fixed... now there's a new leak which i have yet to locate.

[CelicaZR]

No I dont have any oil leak yet
But I only on 68000kms.

[Hanyo]

73k on the clock,

very small oil leak starting on the valve cover, I'll fix that when i change the timing belt over the summer.

[94GT]

With close to 265,000 miles on mine I've got a pretty good handle on where most of the leaks will come from/are coming from. Right now I'm leak free, but there were lots of gaskets that needed replacing to get me here. First and foremost, valve cover gasket is the most common one (done that one more than a few times). Second is a gasket on the side (distributor, I think? I had my mechanic take care of that one). If you can get under your car with a light you'll see it coming down the side there if that's the culprit. Thirdly if you've got a manual tranny, the gaskets for your axles can leak (Tranny oil, but it's still drops on your garage floor). Now that all my leaks are fixed my car doesn't lose much oil. I used to burn a quart between oil changes, and now it's probably less than a quarter of a quart. And by the way, 70k is not too early. Gasket failure is not only a function of mileage, but also age.

This post has been edited by 94GT: Jan 15, 2006 - 10:27 AM

[ILuvMyCelica95]

i just hit 172K, no leaks that i know of, but i have noticed that she's burning oil. I'm sure there are a few things that could be replaced

[celiracer]

I found oil leak yesterday, I need to replace my valve cover gasket, and the o-ring thats inside of the distributer cap.

[blu94gt]

mine's coming from the oil pan gasket, i'm just too lazy to do it as it's not leaking all that fast

[creis]

when the new motor was put in it leaked a little out the head gasket.

[Shigexile]

from the head gasket

[celicarus]

no noticeable leak - 206,000 miles - burning oil fast though - and a crack radiator -O2 sensors needs replacing/ intake air sensor needs replacing- i'm sure gaskets need to be changed - but holding off since i will be replacing the engine - so don't want to waste any more money on this one

This post has been edited by celicarus: Jan 15, 2006 - 7:39 PM

[jgreening]

My oil return hose from the turbo busted and had to be replace. 5 inch hose from Toyota for $40. Somebody is making some coin.

[1994toyotaracer]

i have 150,000 miles on my and have a slow oil leak from the valve cover

[Justin]

218k im pretty sure the valve stem seals are leaking bc it only smokes when you first start it up after it has been sitting awhile

[Valo666]

my valve guides were really out of round on my head and i was leakin oil into my combustion chamber and my oil pressure sending unit on both my block and trans werent tightened down to much and were spewing for a lil while. Oil pressure sending units fix, free besides -5 min of my life, head replacement, $140 for head, $180 for gasket kit, $100 for oil, coolant, thermostat, so forth, and install $850. Not fun.

[Crzybakerdog]

im pretty sure that my celi is leaking oil from the head gasket, how much was it for you guys to get that replaced? my engine has 177,000 miles on it and is leaking and burning pretty heavily. i want to get a new engine but im not sure it is worth investing any more money in the car cause the body has taken some pretty noticeable dings/dents over the years and putting a good engine back in there on a pretty beat up body doesnt seem like the best move for the direction of the car. I think i might just start looking for a newer celica or something for about 5/6k to put down on. unless i could get away to replace the head gasket for about 200 and have the car back running with no leaks anymore.