[SHOtimes] oil usage and finding a leak

[Leigh Smith]

Even at 20k mles a year (20 qts) I could afford $30/year for oil pretty
easy!!
A $1000 head rebuild job has a rather long payback period with those kind of
savings!!
Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Niemiec" <chooey_chomp@hotmail.com>
To: <Shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 5:42 PM
Subject: [SHOtimes] oil usage and finding a leak


> Okay, here's a problem for a car I actually own.
>
> My 1991 is using oil, sometimes in excess of a quart within 1000 miles of
> each oil change. I can only afford to fill the oil at that rate for a
short
> period of time. There is oil dripping slowly from underneath the pan, but
I
> can't seem to locate its source yet because the drips are coming from
> scattered locations. There is no oil anywhere under the chassis, and I
don't
> smell anything burning. There does seem to be some buildup where the hoses
> connect to the power steering reservoir, but not where they connect to the
> pump.
>
> How should I go about finding the leak? Should I degrease the underside
and
> then run the car for a few minutes? Would the oil pan seal replacement be
a
> very hard job? Help.
>
> Dave
>
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