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Old Dec 31, 2003 | 09:35 PM
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How many of you guys have an oil leak?

Like the title says...how many fds are leaking oil.
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Old Dec 31, 2003 | 10:31 PM
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I just had mine repaired.
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 12:46 AM
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same here...juz repair..
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 01:03 AM
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Right off the primary return.
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 01:20 AM
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Leave it to Mazda to design a car that normally leaks more than a menstruating woman on a heavy day
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 02:23 AM
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Originally posted by Sprockett
Leave it to Mazda to design a car that normally leaks more than a menstruating woman on a heavy day
How good of you to daily check a woman's menstrual cycle, and to be able to recognize which one of those days was the heaviest
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 02:56 AM
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My is leaking on the right side of the oil pan, where the engine mount is. It's not that bad of a leak though.
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 04:21 AM
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my leak is soo bad where i have to put a litre in every month
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 11:15 AM
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Mine hasn't leaked in 9 months...
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 12:26 PM
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Mine doesn't leak at all (crosses fingers) but from what I have scene on other FD's its not as bad as other cars. If you want to see a car leak, drive an old air cooled porsche.
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 01:07 PM
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If you want to see a car leak, drive an old air cooled porsche. [/B][/QUOTE]

Or any number of American built cars from a decade ago.
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 01:10 PM
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mine leaks from the filter, is it cuz of the oil filter i used?
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 01:59 PM
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Threads like this just reinforce my theory that this forum is nothing more then an emotional support group for rotary owners.

Acceptance is the first step to the cure.
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 02:01 PM
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My oil pan leaks. Damn Mazda reman
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 02:03 PM
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When I decided to try and have a hack at the oil pan leak the second time is when I decided to go single and do about a billion other things that I have been meaning to do, but never really got around to doing. This f*cker better not leak when done!
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 02:06 PM
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When I decided to try and have a hack at the oil pan leak the second time is when I decided to go single and do about a billion other things that I have been meaning to do, but never really got around to doing. This f*cker better not leak when done!
As long as you put a rediculous amount of silicon in there and siliconed the crap out of the motor mount holes you should be golden.
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 02:11 PM
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As long as you put a rediculous amount of silicon in there and siliconed the crap out of the motor mount holes you should be golden.
That's where I went wrong the first time, I didn't hit the motor mount bolts as much as I should have. I'm switching to some solid mounts, and hope it won't increase the problem.
I didn't have a problem until I switched to Mobil 1. I put in 10-W30 for the winter and noticed when I moved it from storage that I had a slight leak it just got worse.
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 03:13 PM
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As long as you put a rediculous amount of silicon in there and siliconed the crap out of the motor mount holes you should be golden.
Yep. I ended up using a whole bottle for this last rebuild. She fired up 1 hr after the new years began...and hasn't leaked oil yet
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 12:40 AM
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my first 93 cym leaked all the time, from the turbos, from the pan, from everywhere....even after a few futile attempts from the dealer to fix them it still leaked here and there...the bottom of the car was like a mud slide.

...BUT.... I have 2 fds sitting in my garage right now and after weeks of sitting (winter storage) there is not a drip on my garage floor when i pull them out to get the juices flowing.... so with some work it IS possibel to have a non leaking FD.

..now let me qualify 'non-leaking' .... my 95 does have a slight 'seep' on the rear turbo somewhere, just enough to make a thin line of oil on bottom of the turbo housing, but not enough to really be dripping.... and the track car was seeping oil from somewhere on the filler neck area, but that was fixed before i purchased it and now i see no oil leaks....yet (crossign fingers)
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 12:43 AM
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I agree, when i upgraded my 95 motor mounts I used a lot of sealant around the bolts than go through the pan.

Originally posted by jdhuegel1
As long as you put a rediculous amount of silicon in there and siliconed the crap out of the motor mount holes you should be golden.
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 01:20 AM
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I do. Last time i repaired a oil leak, another one appeared in another spot and was a lot more.
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 02:06 AM
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Mine leaked a couple drops for about a week and then stopped. That's the only leak I've seen. It wasn't anytime around an oil change either....strange.
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 02:10 AM
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ill come back and post once i fill up me engine with some oil
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 06:29 AM
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Oil filter(badly), seconday turbo, & oil return line.
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 11:44 AM
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according to "lots of smoke" thread, one guy said something referring with oil leaking cars.
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