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powerhour

11-27-12 05:48 PM

oil spraying out of dipstick

So I started my 92 jdm and ran it for an hour and smelt burning oil and I'm pretty sure it's coming out of my dip stick any suggestions? My dip stick seems pretty lose

cewrx7r1

11-27-12 06:38 PM

If oil was leaking from the dipstick, there is not any hot suraces there to burn the oil.
Your reasoning is wrong.

Only the exhaust/turbo area is hot enough to burn oil.
Time for you to investigate.

Enthalpy

11-27-12 07:56 PM

^+1

Did you actually open your hood to check and see if there was oil on the left side of the engine bay?

powerhour

11-28-12 06:32 PM

It is on the left side of my car

cewrx7r1

11-30-12 01:43 PM

Many places to leak. Clean all, refill oil. Verify that both case vent systems are functioning properly.

FSM has details on the crank case vent systems.

Restart and watch for where the oil leaks.

arghx

11-30-12 02:28 PM

I also vote for crank case ventilation

GoodfellaFD3S

11-30-12 03:47 PM

These kind of threads are pretty much a waste. Did you do any diagnostics whatsoever, or just expect the 'Interweb' to solve your problem?

Not trying to be a jerk, but help us out here......

cewrx7r1

12-01-12 10:27 AM

Hard to help people with no real mechanical/diagnostic experinece who buy a complex car.

cptpain

12-01-12 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cewrx7r1 (Post 11302995)

Hard to help people with no real mechanical/diagnostic experinece who buy a complex car.

This is exactly the situation where OP will denounce the RX-7 as a completely unreliable car...

Happens ALL THE TIME. And really just gives the rotary a bad name

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