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post Jul 24, 2008 - 3:31 PM
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Ok guys, time to fix this. I've had a LARGE oil leak on my Celi for quite some time now. It's odd though, because I can't find it! Here's things I've just checked again:

Pulled the Distributor, no leak, no sign of leaking, O-Ring is fine, inside is dry.
Valve cover has residue along back side, but it's NOT the leak as the residue is dry.

The only things I can think of are it being either the oil pan gasket, head gasket, or the rear main.

My problem in tracking it down is that I have all the undershields off of the car and it's blowing the oil everywhere. Around the front and back of the motor, up on top of the tranny, ect. I'm leaning on the oil pan gasket right now because there's a LOT of residue along the pan rails and some cracked silicone in spots, but the oil on top of the tranny leads me to think otherwise. Good news is that I'm pulling the pan right now to have a 1/8 NPT bung welded in to relocate my oil temp sensor.

Just throwing a feeler out there, seeing if anyone has any other ideas..........as I'm stumped on this one. I know the distributor o-ring is notorious for leaking, but trust me when I say there is ZERO evidence of a leak there and I've thoroughly inspected it today and the seal is fine.


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post Jul 25, 2008 - 12:34 PM
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That's the weirdest part. It really doesn't go through that much. Maybe 1.5 QT every oil chance (3-4K miles). It acts like a huge leak but doesn't really leak anything major. And the tranny is good, I've crawled all over that thing.


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post Aug 1, 2008 - 7:18 PM
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QUOTE (Fastbird @ Jul 25, 2008 - 1:34 PM) *
That's the weirdest part. It really doesn't go through that much. Maybe 1.5 QT every oil chance (3-4K miles). It acts like a huge leak but doesn't really leak anything major. And the tranny is good, I've crawled all over that thing.

and that is considered normal oil consumption for Toyota's


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Posts in this topic
- Fastbird   BIG Oil Leak   Jul 24, 2008 - 3:31 PM
- - CaliJeff   I can't say for certain cuz i aint there, but ...   Jul 24, 2008 - 3:40 PM
|- - Fastbird   QUOTE (CaliJeff @ Jul 24, 2008 - 3:4...   Jul 24, 2008 - 5:39 PM
- - Batman722   I'm thinking rear main...   Jul 24, 2008 - 7:24 PM
- - Fastbird   Nope, at least not that I can tell. Had the cover...   Jul 24, 2008 - 8:06 PM
|- - hurley97   QUOTE (Fastbird @ Jul 24, 2008 - 9:0...   Aug 1, 2008 - 7:15 PM
- - Tigawoods   sounds like what i have but alot worse. i believe ...   Jul 24, 2008 - 8:36 PM
- - vile_v   If your is getting caught onto the engine under co...   Jul 25, 2008 - 5:15 AM
- - Fastbird   See that's the odd thing about mine. It ONLY ...   Jul 25, 2008 - 11:21 AM
- - lagos   You could be leaking from the head gasket oil drai...   Jul 25, 2008 - 11:48 AM
- - Fastbird   That's the weirdest part. It really doesn...   Jul 25, 2008 - 12:34 PM
|- - hurley97   QUOTE (Fastbird @ Jul 25, 2008 - 1:3...   Aug 1, 2008 - 7:18 PM
- - lagos   If your loosing 1.5qt per oil change, then I doubt...   Jul 25, 2008 - 12:39 PM
- - Fastbird   Next time I work I'm going to pick it up, pret...   Jul 25, 2008 - 1:00 PM
- - lagos   As you can see, the oil passages are pretty much o...   Jul 25, 2008 - 1:26 PM
- - Fastbird   Looks like I got it over the weekend. It's lo...   Jul 29, 2008 - 9:39 AM
- - Fastbird   Update: Now I KNOW I got it. After a little more...   Jul 30, 2008 - 9:17 AM
|- - DEATH   QUOTE (Fastbird @ Jul 30, 2008 - 9:1...   Jul 30, 2008 - 11:29 AM
- - Fastbird   Yeah, I'm going to replace that return line, t...   Jul 30, 2008 - 1:19 PM
- - trdproven   I have a leak too very small though. I changed th...   Jul 31, 2008 - 12:10 AM
- - Fastbird   Awwww......crap! So I'm under the car tod...   Aug 3, 2008 - 8:24 PM
- - lagos   That sucks, but at least its an easy spot to get t...   Aug 3, 2008 - 8:32 PM
|- - Fastbird   QUOTE (lagos @ Aug 3, 2008 - 8:32 PM...   Aug 3, 2008 - 8:40 PM
- - lagos   Oh definitely do the inserts at the same time. You...   Aug 3, 2008 - 10:16 PM


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