Jehu
05-02-2007, 07:47 PM
What i thought had been Power Steering fluid leaking from loose Res.Hose clamps is OIL. I have an apt. for Monday but till then i get to speculate. When I first heard about the loose Oil Pump bolts in the V8's i went and had a shop drop the pan to check it. They told me when they took the Pan off there had been no gasket just Silicone.I didn't see this but they put in a gasket and closed it up. I also was told by the Seller he changed the Valve Cover Gaskets immediately prior to my finalizing the sale. These are my two best hopes i think. If someone over or under tightened either of those parts,the oil pan cover with no gasket if over tightened i imagine could have bent then even with a new gasket the mis-shapen cover might eventually seep oil, or the same with the Valve Cover Gaskets. The oils is dripping slowly off the end of the under-shield and i reached up along the pan cover seal area and did get fresh oil on my fingers but i suppose its still possible its leaking from the valve cover on down though even as i write this i just realized they would be hot enough to burn the oil and I'd smell that which i don't. There has been no low oil warning and the level on the dipstick is perfectly between the two notches having had it changed two weeks ago. I guess maybe the reason the leak developed only recently could be i had not before recently driven the car as hard as i have, getting it up to 120 a few times or maybe a few of those hard launches with the brand new clutch and flywheel a few months ago. Anyway any other ideas what i may possibly find out when i get her up on the Lift Monday? Any real terminal conditions? Definitely no oil/coolant mixing going on,oil's clean, coolant too, no white smoke from the tail pipe and plenty of Ballz on the highway. Whish me luck.... or don't.....