Topic: 1/2 quart oil gone but little on ground

[sharpxmen]

It is all over the valve cover and underbody.  It is being forced out of every where it can it seems.  The blowby is really hard.  Yea I drove it everyday since first posting.  The oil only gets pushed out when I make the drive from Carson City to Reno at highway speeds.  While doing normal town driving it doesn't do it.


*Edit* I did add a can of seafoam to try to loosen up the pistons (incase they were gunked) and it seems there is more leakage now.

take the compression. If you're thinking of a quick fix i would suggest not to drive it anymore until you know what it is - if you have a broken piston ring it will scratch the cylinder and you'll have to bore it out - if it's not scratched you could go on the cheap side replacing 1 piston and all the rings, won't be perfect but you can get by for a little bit until you find a deal on a good motor.

[Jeffy]

It is all over the valve cover and underbody.  It is being forced out of every where it can it seems.  The blowby is really hard.  Yea I drove it everyday since first posting.  The oil only gets pushed out when I make the drive from Carson City to Reno at highway speeds.  While doing normal town driving it doesn't do it.


*Edit* I did add a can of seafoam to try to loosen up the pistons (incase they were gunked) and it seems there is more leakage now.

If there is blowby then adding SeaFoam would be the worst thing you can do.  That 'gunk' was helping you make compression.

Do a compression test and see how bad the rings are.

[bammerman]

Found where the leak is.  Front seal by harmonic balancer, that cover there.  It is pouring out of a bolt.

[sharpxmen]

Found where the leak is.  Front seal by harmonic balancer, that cover there.  It is pouring out of a bolt.

didn't your mechanic just do some work there? did he forget to put that screw in?

[bammerman]

Ya we changed harmonic balancer. the bolt there just coming out from behind it

[sharpxmen]

Ya we changed harmonic balancer. the bolt there just coming out from behind it

is the cover cracked? that wouldn't be due to a pry bar action by any chance?