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Re: Oil leak
« Reply #25 on: December 26, 2014, 03:20:33 AM »
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Re: Oil leak
« Reply #26 on: December 26, 2014, 03:56:13 AM »
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Re: Oil leak
« Reply #27 on: December 26, 2014, 11:03:04 AM »
Cars don't actually need oil. It's a scam.
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Re: Oil leak
« Reply #28 on: December 26, 2014, 12:31:18 PM »
These are all questions former girlfriends have asked me.

Hey dipstick, lift the hood and check the dipstick. If there's not enough oil, put more in. it's like $2.50 per quart.
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Re: Oil leak
« Reply #29 on: December 27, 2014, 12:09:07 AM »
Ok great work team.  Now for phase II:

How much is fixing the leak going to cost?

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Re: Oil leak
« Reply #30 on: December 27, 2014, 12:15:05 AM »
These are all questions former girlfriends have asked me.

Hey dipstick, lift the hood and check the dipstick. If there's not enough oil, put more in. it's like $2.50 per quart.

Considering the possible ambiguity (maybe irony?) in that, FSD, I'm not sure I'd brag about that. Are they really talking about an "oil change?" Just sayin'

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Re: Oil leak
« Reply #31 on: December 27, 2014, 01:39:59 AM »
Ok great work team.  Now for phase II:

How much is fixing the leak going to cost?



Obviously, that depends on the nature of the leak itself. Is it the plug bolt? Oil filter? Oil pan? Timing chain tensioner? Valve cover? Front end seals?

To find out you're first going to need to know the general layout and terminology of your engine and its parts, respectively. Then you're going to have to clean the crap out of that engine all the way to the oil pan.

It's not hard though. Go buy some purple power from O'Reillys and head to a car wash. Spray everything down with the PP and then rinse.

Then go home and put a clean piece of cardboard underneath your engine; needs to be big enough to catch any possible leak. Wait till morning and trace the source of the leak from the cardboard up; you'll see the new oil if you look good enough above the cardboard spot(s). Trace the oil, looking at the seals and joints from the oil pan up along your engine, to the highest point with an obvious amount of oil and you've found your leak. Depending on where that is tells you the cost; probably a good chance its something you can fix if you're up to it.
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Re: Oil leak
« Reply #32 on: December 27, 2014, 01:56:42 AM »
Are these serious?  I got an oil change on 12/13 and now have 50% oil life according to my Honda accords computer.  Just started noticing a decent sized spill overnight. 

1) will I make it to KC today?

2) will just putting another can or two of oil be sufficient when I get back in a week?

Making a guess from this bit of info (and assumeing there was no leak before the oil change) it's most likely a loose or cross threaded drain plug or loose oil filter ooooor some times the rubber seal off the old filter sticks to the engine and then they screwed the new filter on top of that old rubber packing and that's causing a leak. 

All of those would cost very little to fix.

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Re: Oil leak
« Reply #33 on: December 27, 2014, 01:57:43 AM »
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