Re: Huge oil leak...

[Brandon Sommerville <brandon@caseware.com>]

>Oh my dear Mr. Vague. Do you have any idea WHERE under the car its leaking? 
>Can you see if its comming from the engine? 
>Can you trace the leak to the source?

Where?  It was dripping from the oil pan.  But I realize that since it is
near the bottom of the engine any leak is likely to end up dripping there.
Seeing as my car is not 70 km away from me I can't check it out.  :(  Also
if I could see where it was coming from I wouldn't be able to tell you what
the parts involved were!  I plan on taking a basic mechanical course next
summer if I can get a job closer to home and 9 to 5.  As it stands now I
don't get home till 8:00 at night which makes it difficult to check the car
anyways.

>>Last night I'm guessing the temp dropped down to maybe -10 C.  Did the 
>87
>>come with an oil cooler?  It was suggested that maybe a hose burst?
>
>I dunno, its your car. do you have one?

I got the car about 5 months ago.  As far as I know it is stock, but hey,
after driving the damn thing for 3 months my alarm went off and I didn't
even know it had one!

>Obviously your leaking from somewhere. Help us take the guess work out 
>of your problem by being a little observant and a lot less vague. Im 
>not gonna sit here and type out every possible places it could be 
>leaking from.  

All I was hoping was that if someone else had had something similar happen
or if someone had heard of a weakness in the system somewhere.  I do
appreciate the answers I get though, and I realize that my ignorance on the
mechanical end of things makes it difficult for you guys to help.

>Nope, not gonna happen. wouldnt be prudent.........
>
>Shawn

Brandon Sommerville

"Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes." 

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