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Old 04-05-2010, 09:41 PM
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soo i got ho,e and noticed a few drops of some sort of dark fluid, check it out and turns out to be freggin oil!!!
pop the hood and see a lot of oil on the passenger side of the tranny and on the firewall almost by the breather hose and under there...

I just replaced that dam breather hose yesterday cuz the old 1 was soft and ripped...

any ideas were this oil spill could be coming from?
thanx for your help...
 
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Old 04-06-2010, 12:16 PM
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Bump?
 
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Old 04-06-2010, 12:21 PM
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hard to say just based on that, put some paper down, let it sit over night and see if you can tell where its drippin from.
 
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Old 04-06-2010, 12:37 PM
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there's a cam gasket back there. it could be from there
 
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Old 04-07-2010, 01:20 AM
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^^yea..that's what 1 of ma buddies said?
Soo I guess take the valve cover off and replace gaskets and seals?
 
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Old 04-07-2010, 08:07 AM
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Since you were in there yesterday, I would def check to make sure you didn't pinch off the oil feed line for the turbo.
 
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Old 04-07-2010, 12:25 PM
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sure it's not oil left from when you changed out that hose?
 
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Old 04-07-2010, 03:03 PM
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Yea there was a shitload of oil on the side of ma tranny and jus kept leaking...
Were are the oil feed lines?
 
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Old 04-07-2010, 08:44 PM
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here are a few pics of were i think the leak is coming from...
i def saw oil coming out of here just not sure if its the only place its leaking from...
i am missing the bolt on top, not 100% sure if that's whats causing the leak or if there is a seal in there that's fucked......

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Old 04-07-2010, 09:03 PM
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clean out your suction pump (aka vacuum booster) also
 
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