Ok so after i drove the car for about 10 mins i smell something burning i think its oil but im not sure ... i can smell it from the air dams to if i take a sniff what can it really be ,,,, any ideas any one ?

Leaking valve cover?

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i dont think anything is leaking in the summer it was only coolant but that didnt even smell and im sure its not that either i think there was a decrease in the oil i had to put more in it ? anything related

-- Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:32 pm --

i dont think anything is leaking in the summer it was only coolant but that didnt even smell and im sure its not that either i think there was a decrease in the oil i had to put more in it ? anything related

if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck.... it's probably a duck.

So if you are losing oil, smelling oil, see if you can see any oil... and from where. Usually if you're smelling oil it's crank case blow by.... which usually escapes through a leaking valve cover or PVC or something of the sort that is a breather for the crank. Start looking mate, it's your best option at this point.

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my vote is rear valve cover
mine has this problem and you can smell the oil in the cab

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i think "zero" is the winner ... i can smell it kinda coming through into the car 243 k i can say shes still lookin fine but man that sucks

I'd bet money on rear valve cover too! Faint smell of oil just after startup once you start getting warm enough to burn off the oil that seeped out after you shut your car off.
If your car has an L67 it could be it had the front valve cover replaced for the recall but never got a new rear valve cover gasket. Seen that many times, you may be able to snug/tighten the cover down a bit to prevent the seepage but most likely it needs to be replaced. You can buy front or back gaskets individually from the dealer if you only need to do one.

The heck man?!?!?!

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but i said rear, i was more specific

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I just change them both at the same time since IMO it's foolish to only replace one at a time anyway, so to me valve cover gasket = both sides

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^ yeah not like you have a lot of "valve covers" under the motor.... I'd say we narrowed it down pretty well on our own. That's like saying your TPS light went off, so you know you have a low tire.... which one? Well you only have four, get out and take a look.... pretty simple =P

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I work on enough GP's to know I don't want to own one =P

anyone have pictures cause i seem to have found something ill update soon

I have pics of valvecovers, but none of leaking rear ones
If you have a bunch of gunk and crap on the rear manifold, there's a good chance it's from an oil leak at the valve cover.

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i have them in my head. but i can get some good pics thanks to my open cone and headers

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what the hell can this be ?

-- Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:14 pm --

nasty gunky shit on the top i didnt see anything where u pour the oil in its all dry there but at the top maybe its dirt or something ?

LIM gasket replacement time!

^ may as well do the valve cover gaskets while you're at it!

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I work on enough GP's to know I don't want to own one =P

how much is the LIM gasket and is it hard to replace ?

^^^ idk the price but zzp and wbs sell them

but if your gonna do the lim it's essentially taking the whole top half of the motor off

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ye true this sucks -_______- how much would a shop cost ?

-- Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:57 pm --

i wonder if i can fk around with the dealers .. was there any recal on this type of shit ?

No recall that I'm aware of, Can be knocked out in 1-3 hours depending how fast you work. Parts were somewhere around/under 100 bucks I want to say. The dealer will bend you over. I want to say our local dealer charges somewhere around 500-700 bucks to do the job.

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F that hell NO 5-7 bills id rather just let it leak till it i see it spilling then ill just replace it right now i dont think its alot ! and maybe if i can find it i can put something on it for a temp fix

Best fix it sooner or later. You will eventually end up with oil in your coolant/large amounts a sludge and if you leave it go it could go the other way and you'll have a trashed motor.....

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FML this is b.s oh well gunna have to do it eventually so might as well

I get all my LIM stuff from shopgmparts.com. For LIM gaskets, UIM gasket, VC gaskets, injector orings, cooalnt elbows, everything comes to about 80-90 bucks shipped.
As has been said, it's really not that hard. If you can turn a wrench, you're fine. Just drain coolant, remove the tensioner bracket, fuel rail, throttle body, UIM, LIM, throw gaskets in, put it all back together. It's really an easy job actually. If you let it go though, the problem only get's worse and if it gets really bad you can be leaking coolant everywhere and if you're really unlucky, leak coolant into the lifter valley, which could then lead to a spun bearing.
No recalls for this. It's a known issue obviously, but GM fixed it with aluminum gaskets in 05, all owners of previous years just have to deal with it and fix it themselves.

The square hole in this pic is a coolant passage way. Still not sure to this day how it didn't leak coolant down into the lifter valley. It did leave ton of puddle ontop of the LIM though.



These will fix all your problems

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