oil leak?? anybody know what it is?

[Jordon Burt]

I have an 88 7mgte with 155 original km on it. i just bought the car for 900 bucks. it has some oil problem though. there is oil all over the underside of the motor from the front of the engine to the back and underside of car is caked. and it leaks only when it drives or something cause there is no oil spots on my driveway. also the sparkplug wells are full of oil :1zhelp:


anybody have a suggestion??

 

[hvyman]

Get the engine steam cleaned and then look for where the oil is coming from.

The oil in the Spark plugs are from the valve covers as the big 14mm hex bolts between the spark plugs.

 

[Jordon Burt]

i though it was the valve covers and what do u meen steam cleaned?? never heard that before

 

[Riceman83]

Think you can rent them at Home Depot or your local construction tool rental company. Usually kerosene powered.

 

[Jordon Burt]

thanks ^

 

[Orion ZyGarian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfoWdbNVMDU

 

[planemos]

Sounds like it's a mess right now lol. Once you get it cleaned up then check it out. It could be many things such as: oil pan seal, turbo drain line, oil cooler lines, front main seal, rear main seal, the seal that is supposed to be done when doing the headgasket (at the front of the engine), cps, cam seals.