Oil level is dropping faster than mc hammers bank account. Doesnt seem to be burning(no blue smoke out exhaust except on start up) and its not seeming to drip down. I cant find where its going. any ideas, ive heard it may be collecting on the chassis so anyone have any spots to check? its raining constantly right now, so i cant work on car till i clears up a lil

 

check your OMP if it's covered in oil and nastyness bam there ya go.

 

Places to check for oil leaks on an FB:

1) Oil filter tower (or Beehive cooler), O-rings go out and you have a constant drip onto the heater hose going into the block - often results in loss of coolant from that hose bursting, too.

2) Oil pan - look at the front crossmember and see if it's caked in oil, if so, see if you can find the leak on the pan gasket, give the bolts there a little more torque (FSM = 10-12 ft/lbs)

3) Front mount oil cooler lines - if installed. When the lines go out, the cloth will be soaked with oil. Also, check the fittings that go into the cooler, these can have miniscule cracks around the mounting bung and spray oil at 70psi.

4) OMP, as stated above - check your passenger side motor mount - if it's saturated in caked on dirt/oil, there's your culprit. You may also find oil sprayed on the underside of your hood from the fan blades catching this and slinging it. Backside of the fan blades will be black with oil and dirt sludge. Rebuild kit from Lowe's Performance will fix it up.

5) Remove the transmission bell housing viewport, 1x12mm bolt just by the clutch slave cylinder and look into the bell housing with a flashlight - if you see lots of black oil in there and it's seeping out from the mating edge of the tranny to engine, you have a possible leak at the rear eccentric shaft seal or one of the dowels.

Have a look and then report back. Oil leaks are easy to find due to the grease buildup from dirt and oil mixing together in almost equal proportions. HTH,

 

Front cover O ring or a faulty guage.

 

It goes to the magical land of lost oil.