ok, I have a 93 auto. It has a pettit intake and a blitz catback exhaust. The car makes 12psi of boost on the primary and 11-12 psi on the secondary. I used to notice small drops of oil under the car where I park it. I changed my oil and it seems like the oil spot got thinner and larger!! Its like 6 inches wide and like 9 inches long! What could be leaking? The turbos should be ok because they boost ok right? Are the turbos going? The car has a mazda re-man with about 12k on it. help please! thanks, mike

 

lol, easy dude! Sounds like it's just the oil pan drain plug. If not that, just check around for gasket leaks. Don't go jumping to too many conclusions

 

Good point, I'll put it on a lift tomorrow at work. the plug is in snug though! thanks

 

Check the washer on the drain plug to see if its still there. If not then get one on there ASAP.

 

Tons of FD's have oil leaks! My garage looks like Baghdad...lol

 

oil pan seals commonly leak along with oil return lines

 

On my oil pan I used the gasket and put the grey Mazda sealer on the top and bottom of the gasket, as well as the motor-mount bolts. Aboslutely no leaks. I torqued them to Mazda specifications and used blue locktite on them.

The Mazda sealer is 24 bucks a tube, but it works awesome.

 

i've read you're supposed to replace the crush washer that is on the oil drain plug everytime you change the oil.


but i've never changed the washer. i wouldn't worry about it unless it's a lot of oil. then you've got problems