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Old 12-15-02, 11:22 AM
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Leaking Lots of oil-Help

I lost ALOT of oil since yesterday when I checked it this morning-The oil has been blown all over the engine by the fan and there is a nice puddle under my car, It seems the most of it is around the distributor area, but since it has been blown ALL over the engine i cant tell specifically where its coming from. Anyone got a clue? or way for me to be able to tell where its coming from?
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take a look at your OMP (Oil Metering Pump). I suppose it's possible that a line fell off and it was pumping all over your fan.
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Might be the front cover seal...
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I would degrease the engine with "Gunk" or something and watch it closely for the leak. That's the best way to find it, everything else is just speculation.
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Sweet!

I found the leak-I dgreased it like you said except its not coming form the engine at all-Its leaking out the bottom from the oil cooler, now i guess i gotta rip that all apart and see whats wrong there :/
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Wow! That was fast!

yeah, the oil cooler makes perfect sense.
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Oil coolors can be expensive...unless you live near a rex graveyard.
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mines leaks like a civ.... i just throw some oil-dry in that undertray lol. it doesnt leak too bad tho

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I thought you just said it leaks like a sive....

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after you get everything BACK together, make sure you tighten that joint on the back of the oil cooler. i THOUGHT i had it tightened. but it still leaked, i have it at like 100lbs/in roughly. SEEMS high, but works
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yeah after i posted that i was like "wait, that doesnt make sense". lol

it leaks, ill leave it at that

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