the oil leak from helllll

[maroman88]

i have an oil leak... not a drip, its a constant FLOW! i always had a small leak from the rear of my driverside valve cover. i was driving the other night and i was in 2nd at about 3500rpm for a while (bein a dick lol) and i stopped and smoke was pouring out from under the hood. jump out to look and there was oil everywhere on the driverside, smoke coming from the oil on the header. look under the car and theres a huge puddle! so i limp it home.. realized there was a steady trail that u could follow from my firehouse to my house lol. so i figured i just finished off the valve cover gasket... i bought a new set of rubber Fel-Pro ones and installed them today. filled it up with oil again, start it up and now its a steady stream! climbed under the car and saw it was running down from where the trans meets the engine. climb into the engine bay and can see it running down the back of the motor onto the trans.... theres just not enough room to see exactly where its coming from! the distributor hole is sealed up and dry so its below that... when i installed the manifold i RTV'd the crap outa the back, and is there even enough oil under the manifold to cause a steady flow?? i reallly dont wanna tear the whole top off again lol. any ideas where it could be coming from??

[chrisfrom nj]

when you put the intake on did you use the rubber seal the that comes with the kit or did you silicone sealer

[maroman88]

i used black RTV, just liek the last time... nothing came with my intake manifold gaskets for the front and rear of the manifold

[Fire_Chicken92]

im not gonna offer any help, but name one honda kid who can use the sentence "i climbed into the engine bay" and mean it.. lol

Oh, and midgets dont count

[chrisfrom nj]

i used black RTV, just liek the last time... nothing came with my intake manifold gaskets for the front and rear of the manifolddid you slide the intake after you siliconed it maybe thats where the leak is oir check the oil pressure switch

[ins0mnia24]

im not gonna offer any help, but name one honda kid who can use the sentence "i climbed into the engine bay" and mean it.. lol
Oh, and midgets dont count

Haha I dont know if that is funny or if I drank to many Fosters 25.5oz Oil cans

[Knipps]

im not gonna offer any help, but name one honda kid who can use the sentence "i climbed into the engine bay" and mean it.. lol

Oh, and midgets dont count

Waiting for the picture of Kasey :popcorn:

[GP99GT]

as far as i know the only things that could leak from the back are...intake seal, dizzy, or valve cover...none of which would shoot a stream of oil really. could be the rear main but you said it was coming from above the trans so thats out. wheres the PCV located on an LT1? or could be the oil pressure switch, dunno where that is on them either though.

[maroman88]

as far as i know the only things that could leak from the back are...intake seal, dizzy, or valve cover...none of which would shoot a stream of oil really. could be the rear main but you said it was coming from above the trans so thats out. wheres the PCV located on an LT1? or could be the oil pressure switch, dunno where that is on them either though.

ehh its on the 88, thank god its not the LT1 lol

where is the oil pressure switch? not helping is the fact that my oil pressure guage hasnt been reading properly since the swap...!

[GP99GT]

well it may not be reading properly because....you have low/no oil pressure :lol:

either way i dont know where its located but that would be a good spot to check first...if it was the LT1 i'd say replace the motor :lol:

[deadtrend1]

IM guessing this is on the LT1?

I had to seal my intake manifold 2 times after my cam swap till it stopped leaking.

could it be your oil pressure sending unit?

[WildBillyT]

where is the oil pressure switch? not helping is the fact that my oil pressure guage hasnt been reading properly since the swap...!

Step 1.

Fix the obvious things first. Like your Oil Pressure gauge. :mrgreen:

[deadtrend1]

I didnt notice matt said oil pressure switch already... lol

[cdacda13]

Isn't the oil pressure switch located right by the oil filter?
I would clean all the oil off the engine, fill it up, have someone run the car while you look.

And fix your damn oil pressure gauge. Its a good thing to have.

[deadtrend1]

Isn't the oil pressure switch located right by the oil filter?


Half right. Back of intake on most LT1's

Courtesy of yada yada yada ....
http://shbox.com/1/oil_pressure_sensor.jpg

[WildBillyT]

Half right. Back of intake on most LT1's

Courtesy of yada yada yada ....
http://shbox.com/1/oil_pressure_sensor.jpg

DT:

I think he's talking about his 88.

[Knipps]

ehh its on the 88, thank god its not the LT1 lol

where is the oil pressure switch? not helping is the fact that my oil pressure guage hasnt been reading properly since the swap...!

DT:

I think he's talking about his 88.

yep. sounds about right.

[deadtrend1]

well damnit. I just skimread for the first few posts. I seen OIL LEAK and assummed LT1.

On the 88, there should be a sensor behind the intake AND above the oil filter.

[Featherburner]

It could be the oil pressure port on the block behind the intake as pointed out before. Or it could be the plug under the head on the driverside. If you look at the picture deadtrend posted, you can see a wet trail below the crossover tube bolt leaking between the head and block. There is a 1/8" pipe plug in the block. I have seen these leak pretty bad. Unfortunately you need to remove the head to fix this so, let's hope that isn't it. :cry:

[maroman88]

LOL

THIS IS ON MY 1988 CAMARO.... i wish it had an LT1... but noooo just a carbed 305.

looks like ill have to pull the dizzy to get a good look back there....

[ZeroCool8891]

On the 88, there should be a sensor behind the intake AND above the oil filter.


ether that or just buy the oil filter thast where mine is and i have an late 88 camaro witch is why i have vats and no 9th injector.

[Knipps]

ether that or just buy the oil filter thast where mine is and i have an late 88 camaro witch is why i have vats and no 9th injector.

I can't tell you how many times I read that and was like, why is he telling him to just buy an oil filter? :lol:

[maroman88]

I can't tell you how many times I read that and was like, why is he telling him to just buy an oil filter? :lol:

still dont get it.....

[Knipps]

still dont get it.....

by vs. buy

[maroman88]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Pampered-Z]

GenI and GENII blocks have a oil sensor port in the back of the block same as the pic as the LT1. Sure sounds like that is where you're leaking from.

[maroman88]

i just have to LOL at myself!
the harness i have now doesnt seem to have a plug for this lil guy... and it was so loose it just about fell off in my hand~!

http://partimages2.genpt.com/partimages/50927.jpg

EDIT- for a 90 tbi... which my harness is for.... napaonline has a totaly different lookin part for the oil pressure, the same year the dash changed.... REALLY NEED TO FIND THAT 88 HARNESS lol