oil leak, and maybe burning oil too.

[sno_boarder4343]

I have had an oil leak in my 90 laser RS for a few weeks now, it hasnt been anything really all that major, just a few drops here and there after ive been driving for awhile. I was using 10- 20 oil in my car, and lost about a quart and a half over a month, but last week i changed my oil and tried 10-30 to try and combat the leak. Well today i checked my oil after a horrible smeel after driving and my oil barely registered on the dip stick. I added more 10- 30, but I want to get this thing figured out. As far as I can tell the leak is mainly coming from the oil pump from the two points indicated in this picture <a href="http://s750.photobucket.com/albums/xx150/sno_boarder4343/car/?action=view&amp;current=Picture003-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx150/sno_boarder4343/car/Picture003-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
However the oil seems to be running down to these points so it may be higher up where the oil is leaking from. I also poured a bit of poil out of the connector of the little wire that is in the picture. I thought the bolts might not be on tight enough on the oil pump so i torqued them up to repair manuel specs at 14 lbs and still it leaks. I also looked all around and cant seem to find anywhere else that has a trace of oil on it so im confident that it is just the oil pump leaking. As for the burning oil thing, sometimes when im stoped at a light, and then go i drive through a bad smell of what smells like burning oil to me, but i never see smoke or anything. This usualy happens after I have been driving my car for a bit. Any suggestions that could be offered would be fantastic. Thanks a lot for reading.

 

[92AWDHX40]

It could be a gasket, pump, anywhere, we need pics of the oil leak it all looks clean. Losing oil somehwere or leaking, could be engine related burning oil.

 

[sno_boarder4343]

Yeah I had just wiped it when I decided to post the problem here, I cant find where the oil is coming from I was hoping someone else had a similar problem and knew what was going on. Any simple suggestions or things I should check to fix it?

 

[cwriley]

Cean the whole undercarriage w de-greaser and a pressure washer. Once its clean top off your oil level and run it for a couple of days then get under it and look around.

Also i had a problem on another car losing oil from the spark plug/valve cover gasket. The circle gaskets in-between the valve cover and the spark plug hole. Pull the spark plug wires and wipe your finger in there just to make sure.