bad oil leak. Options

[2slow2nervous]

Ok i was driving yesterday and my car started smoking. So i pulled over and looked under my car and i have oil dripping onto my dp and burning off making smoke. So i drove home and it just got worse and worse. When i finally got home i stoped had a good size puddle of oil under my car and have no idea were it is coming from. No oil leaks when the is sitting only when im driving. Can any1 help me?

[vile_v]

maybe its a common thing for the oil pump cover seal and gasket to go, but yes mine is leaking there too.

if it is leaking there you in for some bad news, i was quote 10 hours labours to replace the gasket (98$/hour) thats as much as an engine swap.. considering you can't do it yourself. good luck though.

ps im trying to make an seal outside of the o.p.c. and hope it works.

[Delta_Phoenix]

maybe its a common thing for the oil pump cover seal and gasket to go, but yes mine is leaking there too.

if it is leaking there you in for some bad news, i was quote 10 hours labours to replace the gasket (98$/hour) thats as much as an engine swap.. considering you can't do it yourself. good luck though.

ps im trying to make an seal outside of the o.p.c. and hope it works.

working on this right now. it's not that difficult. big learning experience for me. if you can take out nuts and bolts, you can do this job. i got the seal in tonight after searching for a parts store that had it in stock. tomorrow morning the reassembly...

the hardest part to this job is getting the crank cover off. there are tons of 4mm allen screws holding it in, several that are very hard to get to. had to remove the crossmember to get ONE of them out, but other than that, it's not very difficult. you'll need some black RTV, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm sockets, a 4mm allen wrench or socket (socket would be much better, i was stuck with an allen wrench and a 12mm wrench to break them loose), and some elbow grease. after the cover is off, it's smooth sailing. i'll get pics in case you decide to do this yourself.