My FD sat for a while. It has issues—surprise! Anybody know of a good mechanic in the San Francisco East Bay, preferably Contra Costa County?

 

If you send it to Fl I can help you.

 

Sakebomb Garage shouldn’t be too far from you.

 

Welcome to the forum!! What issues are you experiencing? How long has the car sat?

 

It runs. I drove it maybe 50 miles the last five years. I was gonna put it up on BAT. Maybe I’ll tow it to SakeBomb (I don’t wanna blow up the engine). Leak is here.

I’m no mechanic.

 

Oil leaking from the oil neck isn't really a thing. If the o ring under it failed, which is always the case, then oil can come out when pouring it in. You can get some light "blow by" when driving but oil isn't going to leak from there as it would from an oil pan or a rear main. Whats actually wrong with it? What's it doing or not doing?

 

Remember not to overfill the oil. High level should be halfway up the "hash marks".

Check the connection of the overfill drain tube and the tube itself.

 

if you are looking to BAT, have Sakebomb do a proper compression test and have them take date stamped pictures of the actual results.

If the compression test results are weak, be mindful that the BAT comments will not be favourable.

Have Sakebomb remedy any check engine light issues and do smoke tests to find any leaks in the vacuum hose system.

Have them certify they have done such checks/tests.

If the checks/tests point to significant remedial work is needed to your rats nest (vacuum lines, solenoids, harness.)....this could lead to significant expense to correct and maintain the OEM look.

 

I’m going to drain some oil and assess. At least the power antenna works. 😀

Thanks for the responses. 🙏

 

If you have overfilled the oil and you still have the overfill hose running from the filler neck to the front turbo intake elbow, you may have oil in your front turbo. You will find out soon enough as usually such a situation causes considerale smoke. Check your cross-over pipe from the top of the y-pipe to see if there is any oil blowby in there.

 

Welcome to forum