Oil and coolant?!?

[Garrett Euton]

Sorry new to dsmtuners.com but anyways I was driving my car the other day and i already noticed that I'm in need of a new clutch, I was driving the other day at a car show and launched my car a few times. I parked at a gas station to fill up and saw smoke like in front of the battery but in front(I'm assuming I burnt my clutch, anyhow I got my oil changed and new tires car ran fine for a few days then all of sudden 2 days later I drove home 3 minutes away and my car started to overheat 3/4 I parked my car in the garage popped my hood and white smoke everywhere. I went to bed so I could figure out what was happening I moved the battery and maf and noticed oil and coolant on top of the tranny.. Kind of stuck I have no idea where it's coming from there is no source from what I can find. Oil was low and coolant was low.

 

[jimsgsx]

Check all your coolant lines coming from thermostat housing to throttle body etc, heater hoses, lines to turbo. Its gotta be one of those. Very easy to find you just have to look.

 

[jimsgsx]

You probably need a new valve cover gasket set too.

 

[Garrett Euton]

Okay so I cleaned all the oil off the trans, and I put more oil in the car, I started it up, let it idle and at normal temp I see a puddle of oil coming from on top of the cross member, my jack is broke now.. (Of course) so I can't jack it up to see. Just trying to figure out where... Buying a new jack tomorrow and seeing what I can find.

 

[Austin Jedrzejek]

Okay so I cleaned all the oil off the trans, and I put more oil in the car, I started it up, let it idle and at normal temp I see a puddle of oil coming from on top of the cross member, my jack is broke now.. (Of course) so I can't jack it up to see. Just trying to figure out where... Buying a new jack tomorrow and seeing what I can find.

I've been having the same trouble with mine if it is oil and it's on the cross member take the flywheel inspection plate off and see if there is oil in there or move the fork boot and look inside and see if there is oil. From what I understand it is a rear main seal. At least that is what it is on mine I changed it once but it still leaked so I'm going at it again.

 

[97 eclenger]

if its oil and coolant i'd guess a head gasket. if its just oil, could be rear main seal or valve cover leaking. just coolant could be leaking thermostat seal. if its overheating air is getting into the cooling system. a sign of a blown head gasket. coolant is a white smoke that smells kinda sweet. oil has a blueish tint and smells like hot oil.

 

[Garrett Euton]

Yea sorry been taking the head off my eclipse for the past hour yea it's the headgasket I jacked it up and let it run and it was the front passenger side leaking, I'm unsure why.. It's totally random but there it is.. I was gonna tighten the head bolts.. But just might as well change it.... Really need ARP head studs/:

 

[mootink]

for the coolant leak check the hoses going to tb and check the hoses going to the heater core. for the oil leak where does it start by the valve cover or lower?

 

[Garrett Euton]

It's the HG for sure not leaking from the valve cover. I checked the coolant lines they're good

 

[97 eclenger]

sometimes they just go bad. if its too much boost itd lift the head

 

[Garrett Euton]

sometimes they just go bad. if its too much boost itd lift the head

Was on 25psi I have it turned down to 15/: I did take it to a street show and showed it off a little bit... But the effects didn't really happen till the next day.. Anyways just need some ARP studs

 

[Austin Jedrzejek]

Was on 25psi I have it turned down to 15/: I did take it to a street show and showed it off a little bit... But the effects didn't really happen till the next day.. Anyways just need some ARP studs

So was it oil?

 

[Garrett Euton]

So was it oil?

Yea definitely oil, and coolant.

 

[BogusSVO]

Post a few pics of your HG surface on both the head and block.

 

[Garrett Euton]

Post a few pics of your HG surface on both the head and block.

Will do! The head is at my friends house.. Debating if I want to port and polish it..

 

[BogusSVO]

Clean the flashing out of the oil return ports and do oil port mod one