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I cant tell where its leaking from cause its everywhere . It was smoking like crazy

What could it be?? Its only leaking when the car is on............


Thanks

Valve covers?

Does the car still drive fine?

Ya it still drives perfect.. No warning lights coming on just lots of oil and smoke.

I second valve covers and maybe cam seals. Wash everything down and keep an eye on where it comes from or you could just replace the Valve cover gaskets to begin with as they always seem to leak and it's an easy job.

Steve

Check your oil filter, may not be tight or could have backed off. Maybe you could clean it all up when cold, then let her idle and look for oil weepage?

http://www.maxbimmer.com/forums/showthr ... adid=37058

Click the link I took a pic of where the oil is coming from..


I think its my oil pump seals..

That's a picture of the oil pressure switch.

yeah, maybe the seal/ring around it is dead, I'd chedck that first. also make sure its tight and all that.

The switch threads into a bushing, and the bushing threads into the block.

The threads between the switch and bushing are 1/8" BSPT and so to get a seal you apply a thread sealant to the threads of the switch before threading it into the bushing. I'm not sure what the appropriate sealant is, because you need it to be conductive as the switch grounds through its threads.

The threads between the bushing and block are some straight metric thread -- I think it might be M18x1.5mm. The seal is achieved with an aluminum crush washer. If I'm right about the threads, an 18mm ID aluminum crush washer from the auto parts store ought to work. Copper should do in a pinch.

My buddy who is a mechanic said that this will cost me around $300 in parts cause I should switch the timing belt and some other things well its all apart.. He had this same problem with his legacy a few months ago and said it will take over 6 hours labour to replace everything??


So if all this is true who want to buy my car

Changing the oil pump would certainly involve that much effort, but if the problem is just a leak around the oil pressure switch that's easy to fix.

and you wouldnt have to remove the belt for that, at the most just the alternator.

vrg3 wrote:Changing the oil pump would certainly involve that much effort, but if the problem is just a leak around the oil pressure switch that's easy to fix.

Could the oil pressure switch lose that much oil though??

Should I not drive the car??

That's not an oil leak, that's sweat drippin off of all the ponies!

If it was really leaky, I don't see why it couldn't...

THAWA's right that you just need to remove the alternator to access it.

Of course it could leak that much. Right underneath it flow torrents of oil under pressure.... If thats where it is leaking from, take the alternator off and see if the switch is loose or something and check the seals as everyone else has said. Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty

Andrew

what's interesting though, would it still read with a lot of pressure if its leaking right there? HE said no warning lights come on.

Depending on how much it is "peeing," maybe the pressure doesn't get low enough to throw the light... But if it were me, I would have already had the alternator off and checked the switch by now.

Andrew

petridish38 wrote:Depending on how much it is "peeing," maybe the pressure doesn't get low enough to throw the light... But if it were me, I would have already had the alternator off and checked the switch by now.

Andrew

I have 2 cars that suck with lots of money needed

Where is the oil pump I dont know why my buddy made it sound so horrible.

But I have no clue when the timing belt was last done so should I not replace it anyway??

Well, to get to the switch, you don't have to take the timing belt off. To get to the switch all you have to do is take the alternator off which should only take about 10 minutes at the most. After that, you will have enough room to get to the switch. it would be so "horrible" if you had to get to the oil pump... but lets hope that it doesn't come to that (it shouldn't)... for now, all you need to do is get the alternator off which takes about 10 minutes and you won't need to replace any parts.

Andrew

the oil pump is right infront of the oil pressure switch. Rigth behind the timing belt in the middle of the block. The thing is though, that what we're suggesting is a free check, all you gotta do is set aside maybe 30 minutes, remove the alt (you might not even have to do that) and see if the switch is loose. If it is, at the very least tighten it down until you can afford to buy a new seal/ring/gasket/whatever the hell is on there. Then change that out. You could probably save yourself tons of money if that's the problem.

I just took it for a drive for 5 minutes and it lost about a 1/2 liter and it's not running as quiet as normal..

Anyway I fear its not the pressure switch it doesn't look like thats where its coming from but again I cant tell cause there so much oil everywhere..

take off the alternator, ps pump, etc.. clean off the block, start it up and let id idle for a bit. See if you can see where it is leaking from.

MK

Loose oil filter?

Steve

mTk wrote:take off the alternator, ps pump, etc.. clean off the block, start it up and let id idle for a bit. See if you can see where it is leaking from.

MK

Should I cover anything before I degreese and pressure wash?? besides the alt..

And the oil filter was the first thing I checked..

It would be nice if its just a valve cover gasket.


Thanks again for all the help so far..