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Oil Leak Mayby?

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:09 pm
by AMACHA
Hi all ah i htink i got a oil leak, i noticed a few drops of oil on the driveway and i noticed its right under where the oil pan is that black plastc thingy, i ran my finger around the edge of the oil pan and like just put my hand under the car and i got some oil on my fingertips any ideas?

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:52 pm
by aza013
give it a good cleen and have a 2nd look it may just be the sump plug if so just change the washer and all s good.

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:09 pm
by AMACHA
hey aza013, when i took the car to ultra tune about 3 months ago to get it serviced the mechanicaid it looks like some oil has leaked from the filter/sump he gave it a clean oh yea the reason the filer leaked was cus the the last mechanic used a filter with 8 holes apparently grrr.umm yeh he gave it a clean and didnt do nything to the the sump plug so in short with teh sump plug i jsut neda take it out and change the rubber thingy around it?

is it gud that the few drops of oil are directly below the oil sump is that a good sign?

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:26 pm
by aza013
umm ok when you do your next oil change replace the washer on the sump plug and see how it gos.

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:29 pm
by AMACHA
havinga couple of drops of oil a week can it do any damge to the engine?i check the engine oil level every week its fine...

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:34 pm
by aza013
it will be fine as long as you keep it between the low and high lines.
and a drop here and there will not be a problem at all.
it just makes a mess on the ground lol