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What's the minimum I can do to fix internal oil leak?

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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 10:07 PM
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Question What's the minimum I can do to fix internal oil leak?

Besides smoking like crazy once it reaches full operating temp it runs ok...
No coolant leaks or anything.

So what's the least I have to buy to get it to stop burning oil?

Do I really need a full gasket set?

I'm heading to college in AZ in 2 weeks and can do a proper rebuild once I'm down there but have to fix the oil leak first! In a very short amount of time! lol

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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 07:55 AM
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You can run 20w-50 and it will leak less (assuming you are running lighter oil) but it isn't a fix by any means and it will still smoke.

There really isn't much you can do besides rebuilding the motor.
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