View Poll Results: Does your car leak oil?
Yes
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Who's car DOESN'T leak oil?
#51
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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My car has 92,000 miles and does not leak a single drop. I've had the car about a year and have put about 7,000 miles on it and it has not leaked or consumed any oil whatsoever (knock on wood).
#53
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Mine leaks a bit of brake fluid I think, and a little bit of oil but not much, currently got the car off the road with cardboard underneath and gonna match spots with leaks if any major ones. Think all cars leak a bit of something from somewhere unless totally new (even then they start leaking pretty quick)
#60
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Originally posted by bingoboy
my car always has a little oil around the oil filter like it oozes out ever so slowly. any idea whats causing the leak?
my car always has a little oil around the oil filter like it oozes out ever so slowly. any idea whats causing the leak?
There are two 10mm nuts that screw on from the bottom. pull off the oil filter and have a new one nearby to replace it later.
Because you have to lean over and since you can't see the nuts it is easier to break the nuts loose and take them off the rest of the way by hand. Replace the o-rings and bolt it back on.
A lot of people do not know that the oil filter fixture bolts to the housing because you really can't tell from the top and from the bottom you have the heater hose in the way.
From this picture you will see where where the nuts are located to remove it.
I hope that helps you.
#63
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My car leaks oil from everywhere, just finished putting it together. Oily crap leaking out of my straight 3inch exhaust, oily smoke coming out back. Oil slicks on the ground, oil all around the oil pan, oil leaking from the turbo, onto the turbo, coolant leakin gon the turbo. Arghh! And my map sensor is shot!
#68
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Mine leaks just a tiny bit, I think from the oil pan.. I expect it's from the baffle plate and extra gasket required, but I'm too lazy to drop the pan for just a tiny bit of oil..
More concerning is the output seal on the transmission, it seems to be leaking a bit as well..
More concerning is the output seal on the transmission, it seems to be leaking a bit as well..
#72
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Originally posted by Silkworm
More concerning is the output seal on the transmission, it seems to be leaking a bit as well..
More concerning is the output seal on the transmission, it seems to be leaking a bit as well..