kfzemx3
01-11-2007, 07:05 PM
I've been having some problems with overheating well i finally figured out it was blockage in the heater core. Well yesterday as i was checking coolant levels to make sure everything was ok, i pull my dip stick and relise i'm somewhat low on oil. But considering its about time to change the oil i didnt think nothing to big about it, and just added a little to it.
Well today I run to work to grab my check before i head to class, and i hear the typically HLA noise from no oil at startup, which usually it goes away after a few mins. Well i get to work and start the car up after grabbing my check and the noise is still there. Got home and checked the oil and its BONE DRY. well i go and look where i parked the car the night before (3 roomates so i dont always park in the same place), and well there is a nice big oil puddle.
I sprayed the engine down cleaned all the oil from the lower half of the car so i can try and detect where its leaking oil, and i fill the car back up with oil and and crank it up to build up the pressure, well it starts to drip drip drip, and i start looking around and notice its coming from above teh power steering pump. I notice smoke coming off the exhaust from where oil is on it.
I started feeling around and sure enough i feel something like a jagged edge on the part of the head where it should be nice and smooth, i pull my hand back and its got a nice buildup of oil on it.
So in short I think I may have a cracked head, pulling the IM tomarrow and i'm hoping that its just a bad seal and maybe the jagged edge i felt is a casting mark.
I'll keep people posted
Well today I run to work to grab my check before i head to class, and i hear the typically HLA noise from no oil at startup, which usually it goes away after a few mins. Well i get to work and start the car up after grabbing my check and the noise is still there. Got home and checked the oil and its BONE DRY. well i go and look where i parked the car the night before (3 roomates so i dont always park in the same place), and well there is a nice big oil puddle.
I sprayed the engine down cleaned all the oil from the lower half of the car so i can try and detect where its leaking oil, and i fill the car back up with oil and and crank it up to build up the pressure, well it starts to drip drip drip, and i start looking around and notice its coming from above teh power steering pump. I notice smoke coming off the exhaust from where oil is on it.
I started feeling around and sure enough i feel something like a jagged edge on the part of the head where it should be nice and smooth, i pull my hand back and its got a nice buildup of oil on it.
So in short I think I may have a cracked head, pulling the IM tomarrow and i'm hoping that its just a bad seal and maybe the jagged edge i felt is a casting mark.
I'll keep people posted