oil spraying everywhere.
02-20-10, 11:29 AM
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oil spraying everywhere.
sounds like a serious prob, maybe with the oil c rings.. :/
well everytime i'm done racing or even cruising for a while, i'll get home. 'u know do the usual like every rotary owner' lol i'll pop the hood to check everything out. i see oil everywhere!! mostly on the driver side strut tower and under the actual hood. i mean all over the driver side engine bay..i couldnt find a leak ANYWHERE. but i did notice i have that filler neck nipple open to atmosphere. not the one near the block, the one my the oil cap! ..so i've noticed everytime i boost or i honeslty dont know when, oil sprays out of there!!! i free revved it will under the hood hard, and i can see kinda looking like steam coming out only when i rev hard.. :/ any idea guys??
well everytime i'm done racing or even cruising for a while, i'll get home. 'u know do the usual like every rotary owner' lol i'll pop the hood to check everything out. i see oil everywhere!! mostly on the driver side strut tower and under the actual hood. i mean all over the driver side engine bay..i couldnt find a leak ANYWHERE. but i did notice i have that filler neck nipple open to atmosphere. not the one near the block, the one my the oil cap! ..so i've noticed everytime i boost or i honeslty dont know when, oil sprays out of there!!! i free revved it will under the hood hard, and i can see kinda looking like steam coming out only when i rev hard.. :/ any idea guys??
02-20-10, 11:43 AM
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Clean everything up really good, take it for a short drive, and find out where it's coming from. There is nothing more we can tell you without looking at it ourselves. It's possible the PCV is responsible for all that.
02-20-10, 11:43 AM
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that much oil shouldnt be shooting out if that nipple. you sure its oil n not some other oil cause the power steering pump is on that side too? did you check the oil cooler lines? maybe theres a pinhole leak spraying up? check the oil filter area since its on the driverside too.
02-20-10, 11:59 AM
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F**K THE SYSTEM!!
I suspect he oil cooler hoses.
LIke he said. CLean the oil mess.
Put more oil in there. Maybe a litle over full. Crank it and look around the engine bay while its idling IF you dont see anything Rev it up with the throttle cable while you look into the engine bay.
Of course start by looking at the driver side first. You should spot it out real easy
LIke he said. CLean the oil mess.
Put more oil in there. Maybe a litle over full. Crank it and look around the engine bay while its idling IF you dont see anything Rev it up with the throttle cable while you look into the engine bay.
Of course start by looking at the driver side first. You should spot it out real easy
02-20-10, 12:32 PM
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thanks guys for all of yalls input! but its been happening for a while..i have absolutely no other leaks. i cleaned all of it up like 4 times already, it usually happens when i race someone. mostly every time. i'm pretty sure its coming from the nipple. i know if i cap it, it'll fix the mess but it wont fix why the hell its spraying out..i mean not a whole court of it, but its enough for a mess!.
i dont have power steering. my oil lines are perfect. no oil on them anywhere.. i honestly think its something with the oil control rings.. like if combustion is somehow getting past the oil rings and relieving threw the nipple. man i'm stoked!.. i wonder....
thanks again guys! any body have this prob or support?
i dont have power steering. my oil lines are perfect. no oil on them anywhere.. i honestly think its something with the oil control rings.. like if combustion is somehow getting past the oil rings and relieving threw the nipple. man i'm stoked!.. i wonder....
thanks again guys! any body have this prob or support?
02-20-10, 12:59 PM
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F**K THE SYSTEM!!
That nipple is for crank vent. Many of us leave it vented into the atmosphere,including myself.
On my car no oil come from there. Maybe a little residue but thats about it...
If your oil control rings were in bad condition than your car would smoke quite a bit.
ALso. You said you cleaned it and the first place to get oil in it is?
PS. My oil cooler line had a leak. When i was on the highway. THere was oil all over my under carriage. I though i t was from the back of the motor for so long...
Until i followed the oil trail all the way to the oil cooler line.
USe your eyes.. Its the only thing you got.
On my car no oil come from there. Maybe a little residue but thats about it...
If your oil control rings were in bad condition than your car would smoke quite a bit.
ALso. You said you cleaned it and the first place to get oil in it is?
PS. My oil cooler line had a leak. When i was on the highway. THere was oil all over my under carriage. I though i t was from the back of the motor for so long...
Until i followed the oil trail all the way to the oil cooler line.
USe your eyes.. Its the only thing you got.
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02-20-10, 01:01 PM
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it leaks that much so what is low?
Have you had to add PS fluid?
The hard line on my PS cooler corroded and I had a pin hole leak in it, the fan would then take that leak and shoot it all over the f'ing place and made for a big mess, made it hard to track down because it was so little bit that fan spread it all over, this was on the drivers side.
Have you had to add PS fluid?
The hard line on my PS cooler corroded and I had a pin hole leak in it, the fan would then take that leak and shoot it all over the f'ing place and made for a big mess, made it hard to track down because it was so little bit that fan spread it all over, this was on the drivers side.
02-20-10, 01:09 PM
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yeah! it would be smoking pretty bad! no my lines are fine...i have a fuel pressure regulator on the side of the driver side strut tower and it usally has oil all over it when it happens. including everywhere else around it. lol. and the niplle has oil on it...so i'm pretty sure its coming from there..idk why though! i guess ima cap it off for now. i'm hoping someone had a simliar problem! thanks for ur input!!
02-20-10, 01:09 PM
#11
it leaks that much so what is low?
Have you had to add PS fluid?
The hard line on my PS cooler corroded and I had a pin hole leak in it, the fan would then take that leak and shoot it all over the f'ing place and made for a big mess, made it hard to track down because it was so little bit that fan spread it all over, this was on the drivers side.
Have you had to add PS fluid?
The hard line on my PS cooler corroded and I had a pin hole leak in it, the fan would then take that leak and shoot it all over the f'ing place and made for a big mess, made it hard to track down because it was so little bit that fan spread it all over, this was on the drivers side.
02-20-10, 01:10 PM
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That nipple is for crank vent. Many of us leave it vented into the atmosphere,including myself.
On my car no oil come from there. Maybe a little residue but thats about it...
If your oil control rings were in bad condition than your car would smoke quite a bit.
ALso. You said you cleaned it and the first place to get oil in it is?
PS. My oil cooler line had a leak. When i was on the highway. THere was oil all over my under carriage. I though i t was from the back of the motor for so long...
Until i followed the oil trail all the way to the oil cooler line.
USe your eyes.. Its the only thing you got.
On my car no oil come from there. Maybe a little residue but thats about it...
If your oil control rings were in bad condition than your car would smoke quite a bit.
ALso. You said you cleaned it and the first place to get oil in it is?
PS. My oil cooler line had a leak. When i was on the highway. THere was oil all over my under carriage. I though i t was from the back of the motor for so long...
Until i followed the oil trail all the way to the oil cooler line.
USe your eyes.. Its the only thing you got.
03-01-10, 10:51 PM
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so guys...i did wut i wanted to do, i got tired of my engine bay getting gross from the spray of oil from the top oil fill nipple..so i simply threw a vacuum cap on it. so right when i turn in on, the car starts smoking like nevvver before. HORRIBLE SMOKE. of course smelling like oil. it didnt click in my mind for a while. then i thought, wt the hell it started when i capped it. so i took it off and it stopped.. :/ thats defineatly oil seal problem huh?. oil control rings. something. i know its not normal to have pressure like that to where it sprays out in boost!.. never happened in any of my other enigines. this suks.
03-02-10, 12:42 AM
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umm, you shouldn't be leaving your crancase vented to atmosphere like that.. get an oil catch can.
you sure bet if you have a bit of sideseal clearance and enough boost that a fair amount of oil will be pushed out of the vents on the filler neck..capping the vents will keep pressure in the crankcase and force the oil into the engine as soon as you stop boosting. proper ventilation is important!
you sure bet if you have a bit of sideseal clearance and enough boost that a fair amount of oil will be pushed out of the vents on the filler neck..capping the vents will keep pressure in the crankcase and force the oil into the engine as soon as you stop boosting. proper ventilation is important!
03-02-10, 03:17 PM
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umm, you shouldn't be leaving your crancase vented to atmosphere like that.. get an oil catch can.
you sure bet if you have a bit of sideseal clearance and enough boost that a fair amount of oil will be pushed out of the vents on the filler neck..capping the vents will keep pressure in the crankcase and force the oil into the engine as soon as you stop boosting. proper ventilation is important!
you sure bet if you have a bit of sideseal clearance and enough boost that a fair amount of oil will be pushed out of the vents on the filler neck..capping the vents will keep pressure in the crankcase and force the oil into the engine as soon as you stop boosting. proper ventilation is important!
03-02-10, 03:26 PM
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have you checked the Oil line "connections"?.
the oil lines are secured to the Cooler and the rear of the engine by a big banjo type bolt and use CRUSH washers.It acts like a seal.If that crush washer is not there,it will spray oil or leak at that location.
the oil lines are secured to the Cooler and the rear of the engine by a big banjo type bolt and use CRUSH washers.It acts like a seal.If that crush washer is not there,it will spray oil or leak at that location.
03-02-10, 03:46 PM
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yeah i know. i'm going to order one soon! i uncapped it and it hasnt given me a prob beside getting a messy engine bay. the thing is though, when i had it capped, it wasnt just in boost, i was idling and it was like a smoke machine. so it didnt take any boost. i'm PRETTY darn sure its something with the oil control springs or rings..my oil rubber seals are brand new. idk! we'll see.
03-02-10, 05:23 PM
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F**K THE SYSTEM!!
I had a problem before than when i ran the oil filler neck crank vent.
I ran that crank vent straight to the TID and my car started smoking.
WHy would it do that?
I ran that crank vent straight to the TID and my car started smoking.
WHy would it do that?
03-03-10, 08:26 PM
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so i put a 'Dasani' water bottle with a hose to it from the nipple to eliminate the mess.. so i boost it today a couple times street tuning the 2.1,
so i look in the bottle. there's a good amount of moisture in it...water.. i'm pretty sure its water.....a good 'oz' or 2 of water.. ***! but my engine isn't smking white AT all...
so i look in the bottle. there's a good amount of moisture in it...water.. i'm pretty sure its water.....a good 'oz' or 2 of water.. ***! but my engine isn't smking white AT all...
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so i put a 'Dasani' water bottle with a hose to it from the nipple to eliminate the mess.. so i boost it today a couple times street tuning the 2.1,
so i look in the bottle. there's a good amount of moisture in it...water.. i'm pretty sure its water.....a good 'oz' or 2 of water.. ***! but my engine isn't smking white AT all...
so i look in the bottle. there's a good amount of moisture in it...water.. i'm pretty sure its water.....a good 'oz' or 2 of water.. ***! but my engine isn't smking white AT all...
I'd drain the oil and look at it.Just to be sure.( oil change just around the corner anyhow???).
03-16-10, 09:29 PM
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Did you ever figure out what the problem was? I seem to be having the exact same problem. Not sure, but could it be a seal in the exhaust side of the turbo pressurizing the crankcase? Or am I grasping at straws hoping its not the motor? When I get a chance I'm going to pull the turbos off and inspect them and the exhaust ports on the motor...
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