CMohan Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 I wrote yesterday... Hi all, I have come across a recent problem that I am hoping someone can help me with. Yesterday, I thought I could smell a little burning oil after I had run the car (96 legacy 2.5GT) for a little while and come to a stop and idled. Not much noticable smoke, but a little. My car was due for an oil change, so I changed the oil, and while I was under the car, I noticed that there was a lot of this black sludge like material caked on various parts of the underside of the car from the behind the oil pan and on the rods going to the wheel (No idea what the technical name of this parts are). Anyways, After the oil change, I drove the car about 40 miles and again noticed the slight smell of burning oil and a little bit of smoke after the car got to operating temp and I was at idle but nothing really bad. Today however, after again driving about 40 miles, the buring oil smell was very much stronger and the smoke coming from under the engine was extremely noticable to the point my friend thought the car was going to catch on fire (he's a little paranoid). I let the car sit for the day and then drove it 40 miles home with the same results as in the morning...ridiculous amount of smoke and unbearable smell of buring oil. I dropped it off at a shop and noticed a small amount of oil had dripped onto the ground under the car, and it appeared to be coming from a skinny metal plate in front of the oil pan....the shop said they were going to run a dye test the smell seems to be the strongest on the left side of the engine just above the intake manifold....but I was hoping someone on here may have had a similar experience and/or have an idea what is going on so I can prepare myself for the bad news....any help would be greatly appreciated. I should add that I experienced a similar occurance in January of 04 and had to have the cam seal, water pump, and timing belt replaced. Don't know if it is the same thing, but the smoke wasn't quite as bad last year, though the smell was nearly the same and the smoke was fairly sizeable. -------------------------- I just got a call from pepboys (Who did nothing for me) that the leak is not coming from any seals, but something more internal in the engine. They then informed me that they do not do engine work like that and that I would be charged a 150 bucks for the labor. Very frustrating as I have no information other than the leak is not from the seals and 150 is a lot for a poor student like me for nothing.....aside from my frustration though, I was wondering if any of you have any idea what the problem could possibly be. If it is not a seal that is leaking and the leak is coming from somthing more internal than where the seals are....any ideas on what it could be and how much it would cost to get this fixed...any help would be greatly appreciated....I'm at my wits end....Thank you -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 chris, oil pump gasket, crank seal, cam seals are most likely culprits. valve covers are also possible, but i think they should have spotted that for you while under there and it sounds centrally located. the central location (oil pan) sounds more like crank area/oil pump gasket. all of these items require removing the timing belt which runs a few hundred at a shop. the seals generally cost less than 10 dollars each, the labor to get to them is the killer. that's why i'm doing my own next week. those long rods you speak of are axles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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