To turn it over by hand you put a socket (usually a 17mm or 19mm) on the the crank shaft bolt and turn it. When I said don't try to start it, I meant don't even let it turn over. You could royally #### your engine if there's a problem you can't see and you crank it. So turn it by hand, see if it...

NO!! Don't turn the motor until you know what's going on! By hand is fine but DO NOT try to start! If you feel resistance, STOP!

New insight: clean up all the oil, put the cheapest synthetic oil in and see if you can find the leak. Don't try to start it! 3-4 quarts should be enough where you can look around and see where it's coming from. How's the oil pump? Did it take any damage?

Wow, thinking this is a dangerous place to be as a wife myself. Don't hit the wife, hit a tree, Wife might hit back. :thumb:So back to the topic, did you see any holes or cracks or new damage while you were looking in the left part of your engine bay where the oil was?P.S. Y'all know...

So after 3 years of looking over my husbands shoulder at the forums, I finally decided to join for myself. I currently have two and a half major projects underway. The first would be getting my 91 Eclipse GST running again. the second is a complete restore of a 75 Datsun 280Z (and when I say...

Have you checked the struts? Lower ball joints?

About 7 coats is what the professionals use on show cars. (I'm a body tech apprentice for a guy whose been doing show cars for 40 years). Main thing is 2-3 coats of primer, and for the best result, let the primer sit no less than 6 weeks, it will shrink into all sanding cracks and rock chips and...

There is a difference between the injectors for a turbo and non-turbo, the turbo ones are a bit bigger. What is cracked on the injectors? Just the pintle caps? Because you can buy rebuild kits for them. Are the spark plugs fouled? That could cause a misfire and when you run rich it will foul...

Are you trying to put it in first from a dead stop or while downshifting?

What color is the smoke? White, bluish, black? Could be a number of other problems.