2G Oil leaks.

[Eclipse 1998]

Ok so it's obvious my oil pressure sensor, and whats left of my oil feed line is leaking. But whats going on with the oil coming from above and below the exhaust manifold gasket? Also whats up with the oil return line, should i replace it or is it fine? There's oil every where even on the oil pan but the bolt is tight.

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[crimsondragon]

What's the inside of the manifold look like? Most likely valve seals are bad. I don't see anything wrong specifically with the drain. You could replace the gasket though. Everything else just looks like typical oil saturation.

 

[Eclipse 1998]

If the valve seals are bad what does that mean? How much in repairs?

 

[crimsondragon]

Assuming it's just bad seals, they're cheap to replace. However, they require a special tool to remove the springs and retainers to access the seals. It's about $80. It'll probably take about an hour to two hours to change them all out and reassemble everything. Are you burning oil or is your exhaust fumes blue?

 

[Eclipse 1998]

Nope not burning oil, and there's no blue exhaust fumes, everything looks normal other than the oil build up.

 

[crimsondragon]

Pull the manifold off and look in the ports.

 

[Tram]

bad valve seals wont show as an external leak.

 

[97_4g63t]

Make sure the exhaust manifold studds are tight as well. One of them runs into an oil port, I dont recall exactly which one it is though. I believe one of the middle bottom ones. Did you take the feed line off for the turbo?

 

[Eclipse 1998]

I tightened the exhaust manifold bolts with a torque wrench so yea there tight, and my oil feed line snapped while i tried fixing it from leaking.If i put my new turbo on could it become damaged with the oil coming from the exhaust manifold? I'm gonna pull the manifold Thurs when the new oil feed line come in and check it out.

 

[volcomsnow245]

Is your valve cover gasket leaking? It might just be leaking down the head and pooling onto the exhaust manifold gasket.

 

[Eclipse 1998]

No its not, i checked that already. Could it cause harm to the turbo though? I just bought a fp68hta and i dnt wanna put it on and run the risk of damaging it?

 

[volcomsnow245]

It may not seem like that but under boost you might be seeping oil out and its running down the head. I would try to sort this out before installing a nice turbo like that. get your maintenance done before you add more power.

 

[Eclipse 1998]

So pull the valve cover and check the gasket and check the exhaust ports ?

 

[jd21]

I had a similar problem, turned out to be the cam seals and the oil would run down the head and across the bottom of my manifold. When you pull the valve cover see if theres any oil running from the cam seal area.

 

[Eclipse 1998]

Ok, so I pulled the manifold and this is whats going on.They all look good except the far right port has oil coming out of it.Any ideas on whats going on or how to diagnose whats next?

 

[Kyle_T]

Put crush washers on the bolts for the oil return or some type of thread sealer.

 

[Eclipse 1998]

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