So ive had an oil leak for the past few months. I took it in to two local shops, who looked everything over, put dye into the motor and both told me it was the head gasket. So i purchased a new headgasket, valve cover gasket, and headstuds. After a week goes by, i still seem to smell the oil when i come to a stop at a red light, exit the car after driving, and see a small drip mark in the driveway every morning. So i crawled underneath the car, it seems to be wet on the oil cooler lines, oil filter housing, downpipe, EVERYWHERE. What could this possibly be? Oil pan? Im lost because both shops are very good shops locally and looked over everything and apparently fixed the problem...

 

its probably coming from one of the 4 connections on the oil cooler lines and dripping back as you drive. i ahd the same issue and replaced the crush washers and it went away. try taking the lines off, replacing the washers and putting it all back together clean.. see what happens

 

Obviously they haven't fixed the problem.

Take it back to them.

 

check for blowby.. or oil return line.. seems like you have a leak under high pressure, causing oil to spray everywhere while youre driving..

definitely take it back to the shop that "fixed" the problem

 

The crush washers will probably do it. If they did the headgasket properly.

 

Ok im gonna try the crush washers this weekend thanks!

 

As you're in Buffalo, have you considered having STM look at the car?

 

I would bring it back to the shop you had the work done at in the first place. That is one hell of a miss diagnoses for them not to find the actual problem and fix it for free at this point.

I am curious though, IS there oil on the back of the block?


-Em

 

If the block wasn't cleaned after the HG replacement the car could continue to drip oil for several months and no actual leak.

 

STM is only about 45 minutes from me, i could take a ride up with paul (turbotaxi) he has been helping me out on this problem too. The clock was cleaned and the back of the block is dry.

 

Like Emery said, you should bring it back to the shop(s) that did the work first. I would def check the crush washers and the vc gasket since it has been removed/replaced recently.