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Old 08-04-06, 02:38 AM
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umm oil leak.

I will get pics friday.

i have oil that pools on the top left side of the houseing. right in front of the dip stick.
i couldnt find anything on the search so be gentle i am a noob.
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Sounds like the "dowel pin leak". Search for that. The good news is it isn't normally fatal. You neeed to watch your oil level and it is a bit of a mess, though. The bad news is it requires tearing down the whole engine to fix (rebuild). I have heard that people have had some luck with stop leak type additives, though.
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dont use lucas oil thats what made my small dowel pin leak turn into one big mess!
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thanks guys. yea i am going to try to add something and i stay on top of the oil level.
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Bardahl engine oil stop leak and smoke worked well for my dowel pin leak, went from drip drip drip to practically nothing.

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Originally Posted by NOVALVES
dont use lucas oil thats what made my small dowel pin leak turn into one big mess!

WTF?!?!? I have been using the Lucas Oil Stabilizer the past two times in my last oil changes. And it actually has slowed down my dowel pin oil leak for me. I think it works great!!!!
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i bought 2 bottles... never used them.. after driving my car around after sitting for 5 years the leak stopped itself
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Since the omp lines are soooooooo small do I have to worry about cloging them if I use one of the "Stop Leak' products?

I too have the "Dreaded Dowel Pin Leak" I cant do a tear down till after I get married so thats a full year left.

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i used lucas heavy duty oil stabilizer in my 7 and it brought my dowdle pin leak and behive oil cooler leak to a standstill
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I agree with gsl-se addict & rOtAryIsbEttEr, I use Luca Oil stabilizer on every oil change or every other oil chance and it fix the problem on my old FB. Give that a shot but becareful I would recommend maybe 1 out of every other oil change in my opinion.
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