 Oil leak need help |
 Feb 20, 2011 - 9:28 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Jun 5, '07 From Santa Maria Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%)  |
My 1996 GT is now leaking oil. Leak appears to be coming from the passenger side, about 2 feet from the front tire (maybe a bit less). I took a look in there but its pretty wet. Lots of drip points and I can't really tell where its comming from. Also, after driving on the freeway I can smell the oil burning and smoke starts to appear. I am assuming the oil is dripping on something hot and burning off. The leak doesn't happen while the car is sitting cold. Only seems to happen after a drive while its cooling down. Its not a small drip either, its a pretty big puddle. The more I drive the more it leaks. Any ideas?
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Mar 5, 2011 - 10:02 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 5, '07 From Santa Maria Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
I just got under the car today, pulled off the plastic piece under the oil pan and right side tire. After starting the car I can clearly see the oil dripping from the timing cover to the oil pan then onto the floor. My research leads me to believe it is the oil pump seal, anyone ever done this that can let me know how involved it is? Or are there any how toos? I checked my haynes manual which says to go to page 1-35 but the pages stop at 1-32, dunno what happened there as the book isn't physically missing pages.
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Mar 7, 2011 - 2:53 AM
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QUOTE (k-weaver @ Mar 5, 2011 - 11:02 PM)  I just got under the car today, pulled off the plastic piece under the oil pan and right side tire. After starting the car I can clearly see the oil dripping from the timing cover to the oil pan then onto the floor. My research leads me to believe it is the oil pump seal, anyone ever done this that can let me know how involved it is? Or are there any how toos? I checked my haynes manual which says to go to page 1-35 but the pages stop at 1-32, dunno what happened there as the book isn't physically missing pages. I will tell you how I did the oil pump cover seal. 1)remove timing covers after you remove the harmonic balancer and belts. 2)now I use white out and mark 3 teeth on all 3 gears(2 on belt one on gear to put it back if it falls off) 3)remove idler pully, the one in the middle because you cant get the belt back on it will be too tight. 4) just remove the timing belt off the bottom gear and try to put it to the side. 5)change the seal and tighten in a crisscross pattern. 6)put the belt on the marks and the idler pully will go in after the belt is on. 7)I never put my covers back on. notes You will need a jack for support under the oil pan to raise and lower the engine to get to key bolts, and I use a chain wrench to remove balancer. |
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k-weaver Oil leak need help Feb 20, 2011 - 9:28 PM
Bitter cam or crank oil seals, oil pump seal. look under ... Feb 20, 2011 - 10:39 PM jlive +1. Check under the timing belt cover. I had a l... Feb 21, 2011 - 9:19 AM czwalga I would say it's probably your oil pump, one o... Feb 21, 2011 - 11:08 AM xrav22 QUOTE (k-weaver @ Feb 20, 2011 - 10... Feb 21, 2011 - 1:38 PM Smaay ill bet its the power steering. the PS pump is not... Feb 21, 2011 - 1:43 PM k-weaver Thanks for all the replies guys. I'm going to ... Feb 22, 2011 - 4:12 PM trdproven could be power steering if you can distinguish and... Feb 22, 2011 - 7:45 PM
k-weaver QUOTE (trdproven @ Feb 23, 2011 - 12... Feb 22, 2011 - 8:26 PM k-weaver Thanks for the info....I was able to remove the ha... Mar 7, 2011 - 8:07 PM k-weaver weired....car is throwing a P0340 - http://www.obd... Mar 7, 2011 - 8:13 PM xrav22 QUOTE (k-weaver @ Mar 7, 2011 - 9... Mar 8, 2011 - 2:16 PM k-weaver QUOTE (xrav22 @ Mar 8, 2011 - 7:16 P... Mar 8, 2011 - 9:48 PM |
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