Oil leak to end a perfectly bad day...
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I came out of my afternoon class to find a large puddle of oil underneath my car...
Great... It's been a f***ing bad day as it is and this didn't help any.
I check the dipstick and it read that I had plenty of oil.
At lunch I added a quart of oil because the dipstick read that I was low on oil. Could I have added too much and now oil pressure is forcing it out? It doesn't leak any worse when the car is running and I just checked it a few hours after parking it at work and I have another puddle of oil.
This really pisses me off because I changed the oil last week and I can't really afford to change it again but it looks like I might be forced to while fixing the leak tonight. I'm running Mobil 1 and I'm poor... Argh... I have to get this fixed tonight in the cold because I HAVE to have a car and I'm not gonna drive it with oil leaking out as bad as it is.
Please just help...
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Great... It's been a f***ing bad day as it is and this didn't help any.
I check the dipstick and it read that I had plenty of oil.
At lunch I added a quart of oil because the dipstick read that I was low on oil. Could I have added too much and now oil pressure is forcing it out? It doesn't leak any worse when the car is running and I just checked it a few hours after parking it at work and I have another puddle of oil.
This really pisses me off because I changed the oil last week and I can't really afford to change it again but it looks like I might be forced to while fixing the leak tonight. I'm running Mobil 1 and I'm poor... Argh... I have to get this fixed tonight in the cold because I HAVE to have a car and I'm not gonna drive it with oil leaking out as bad as it is.
Please just help...
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Originally Posted by beefhole
Check your oil cooler and/or lines as well. Do you run premix? Castrol GTX is cheaper than mobil 1 and probably safer to run in the rotary. ![Smilie](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Originally Posted by marlaman
Tell me exactly why you believe this, and what sources of information you are using to back this statement.
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Alright. I've been underneath the car and it seems that there isn't a oil gasket. Is there supposed to be one? I talked to the *sarcastic tone* wonderful people down at autozone and oreilys and they say there isn't one avalable and at Oreilys they said there isnt supposed to be one. HELP! I have a factory Mazda shop manual and it says there is supposed to be one.
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Not to sound like a totally jackass, but your sure its oil? Dirt and **** on the ground can make steering fluid or clutch fluid I spose look sorta like oil.
The only reason I say this is becuase your dipstick didn't report any missing oil.
The only reason I say this is becuase your dipstick didn't report any missing oil.
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have you checked the oil filter, if it's loose, it would definalty leave a lot of oil on the ground, since it's sitting when it occurs it might just be leaking out of the filter slowly
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Originally Posted by marlaman
Tell me exactly why you believe this, and what sources of information you are using to back this statement.
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Originally Posted by BlaCkPlaGUE
Not to sound like a totally jackass, but your sure its oil? Dirt and **** on the ground can make steering fluid or clutch fluid I spose look sorta like oil.
The only reason I say this is becuase your dipstick didn't report any missing oil.
The only reason I say this is becuase your dipstick didn't report any missing oil.
From reading the FAQ it says Mobil 1 is good so... yeah...
The oil filter is tight... first thing i checked...
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