Help me with my leaks? Options

[R4R44V15]

Alright, so first off, don't punish me for being a n00b. I'm learning!
I have two leaks. Oil, and antifreeze. I want to stop them, of course, so I'm looking for suggestions on how to fix them!

I've highlighted areas in each photo (not that you really need it)!



Above is the antifreeze leak. Not looking too good. And leaking tons.



And here's the oil leak. Of course, it's hard to pinpoint an area for the picture, but I think it's strange how high-up on the engine the oil is pooling. Maybe gasket?


Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[richee3]

Antifreeze leak looks like it could be coming from the thermostat housing.

[AMCMoe]

That black tube between your AC compressor and the alternator is your thermostat housing...99.9% sure your gasket is leaking. Easy fix. Use plyers to pop off the coolant hose going to the thermostat housing, remove those two (10mm?) bolts off of it, pull it and the thermostat out (be prepared for more coolant to pour out), scrape old gasket off, replace with new gasket and you might as well change thermostat as well if you haven't recently.

As for the oil leak....hard to tell from that picture. Does the engine head appear to have an oil residue "trail" from somewhere else? The valve cover doesn't typically start a leak up there in the front and I see no oil residue coming from it. The oil pressure sensor is right there, but it doesn't LOOK like that's leaking either.

Edit: I mean use plyers to pop off the spring clamp on the hose...then pull the hose off, of course.

This post has been edited by AMCMoe: Feb 24, 2012 - 4:35 PM

[R4R44V15]

Thank you both for your help so far. Replaced the thermostat, seal, and gasket. Not seeing any visible leaks yet!

I was looking at the oil pressure sensor and it is indeed leaking. There was a lot of oil build-up on the bottom side of it, so I wiped it clean, let my car run for about five minutes, checked it again, and sure enough... oil. How easy is that to fix?

[Bitter]

very easy fix, replace it with a new one. Im sure you can borrow the needed socket from the parts store too. Otherwise, a big ass wrench works too.

[R4R44V15]

Okay, awesome! I just ask for an oil pressure sensor then?

Or.. switch, rather? This is it, right? this

This post has been edited by R4R44V15: Feb 25, 2012 - 7:55 PM

[Bitter]

if that's the right part number.