my car is leaking oil
03-09-2009, 01:34 PM
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my car is leaking oil
Yeah as the title states, my car is leaking oil.
It is leaking from somwhere above the S-pipe as far as I can see.
I took a good hit not to long ago with stupid Baltimore pot holes. I didn't hit the oil pan, but I did hit the S-pipe, because there is a dent. It looks like a slow leak because I am not getting to much of a oil level drop in as looking at the oil dip stick.
Could there be any upper damage somewhere within the s-pipe that could cause the oil leakage? Or could it be I just broke the seal between the oil pan and the engine so that it is seeping through the seal?
It is leaking from somwhere above the S-pipe as far as I can see.
I took a good hit not to long ago with stupid Baltimore pot holes. I didn't hit the oil pan, but I did hit the S-pipe, because there is a dent. It looks like a slow leak because I am not getting to much of a oil level drop in as looking at the oil dip stick.
Could there be any upper damage somewhere within the s-pipe that could cause the oil leakage? Or could it be I just broke the seal between the oil pan and the engine so that it is seeping through the seal?
03-09-2009, 01:55 PM
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yeah i looked around this morning before I went to class for a bit. I can see the oil is forming a drip off the S-pipe. The seal on the oil pan right above the s-pipe looks like it is wet, and it gets less wet as I move away from there. However the bottom of the pan on the back side is wet. The crossmember is wet also, I guess from the oil slinging back onto it.
03-09-2009, 10:31 PM
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So what I found is....
It is leaking from between the seal of the pan and the engine...
I tighten what I can, where it is leaking from, is above the s-pipe, that bolt was very hard to get to. One bolt I guess when I hit the bump, was hard enough to strip the thread from the engine itself. The bolt is fine but I definitely took out the thread when I pulled out the bolt. I'm not sure if any other bolts are possibly stripped or not. Right now after tightening the bolt above the s-pipe, I cannot feel any more oil between the seals coming out. I hope it can hold until this summer or something, but in the mean time I will check my oil very often.
As for the stripped hole, what would be my best course of action?
It is leaking from between the seal of the pan and the engine...
I tighten what I can, where it is leaking from, is above the s-pipe, that bolt was very hard to get to. One bolt I guess when I hit the bump, was hard enough to strip the thread from the engine itself. The bolt is fine but I definitely took out the thread when I pulled out the bolt. I'm not sure if any other bolts are possibly stripped or not. Right now after tightening the bolt above the s-pipe, I cannot feel any more oil between the seals coming out. I hope it can hold until this summer or something, but in the mean time I will check my oil very often.
As for the stripped hole, what would be my best course of action?
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