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2door98gt
 Post subject: Oil leak...
PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:59 am 
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Ive been smelling burning oil lately after getting out of my car. I got under the car today and noticed alot of oil. Mianly up at the top by the oil pan gasket. I put some wood under to see where the drips are landing. The oil is dripping off the bolts. I thought it mighta been my oil plug was loose but its not that.

Could it be the gasket? If it turns out to be that, how hard is it to do? I saw a bolt that was tucked away pretty well. I just wanna know what I might be getting myself into if it turns out to be the gasket. If there are any other possibilities it could be what do you guys think they would be?

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Yeah, oil pan gaskets are a common failure item.

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 Post subject: Re: Oil leak...
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Ok, Ill go ahead and do that. If thats not the fix than im gonna have to dig deaper...

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i replaced mine @ 25k cause it was leaking, the dealer called me when i brought it in for other warranty work and they noticed it was leaking so they went ahead and replaced it. I was shock to hear that at 25k a oil pan gasket had failed. probaly wasn't torqued properly from factory
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they are fairly common to fail. i just replaced my entire oil pan including gasket. its fairly straight forward to replace.

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do you need a write up?

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This is old, before I found out it was my valve cover gaskets.

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My valve cover gaskets were failed at 20k.....

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