wicked383lt1

my brother went and bought a 94 trans am stock for 3000k. it has a pretty bad oil leak or leaks where are the most common areas to check for oil leaks? I truthfully can't figure out where they're coming from.I was told to clean the engine and drive slowly to see if when the car has a load on the motor if we could spot the leak, but it didn't work.I was also told to look for a clean spot where the oil mightbe leaking from? hopefully we won't get hit that hard by hurricane ike. so I can try to fix it soon.

Fixxer99TA

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Back of the intake - Feel the back of the intake with your hand, get way in there. If its wet to the touch, thats your leak.

Front cover - Would be all over the place, oil pan included. Should be easy to spot it dripping off the front of the engine.

Those are the "more common", check those and post back.

If its not, rear main seal or oil pan itself could be next...

wicked383lt1

thanks alot. we're going outside to check right now.post back in a few minutes

the_merv

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Yea.. let us know where you can see the majority of the Oil and the highest point it is on the Engine/Car..

Fixxer99TA

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Did you happen to find anything?

Formula350

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Spray down all the oily spots with brake clean (back of the intake excluded since that'd be the only spot it's leaking from if it's oily) and then drive around for a good hour. That should show some signs of oil weeping and let you know more precisely where it's leaking.

Back of the intake is because of the stupid EGR, in case you're wondering. Hot EGR warps the aluminum a little bit.

Bad_tx_Z28

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yup, i have a similar oil leak on my LT1, but its not near as bad, mine is my front seal, the previous owner gobbed a **** load of RTV on it to try and stop the leak...dumbass

Fixxer99TA

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No luck? I would have liked to have heard what you found....

Formula350

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Stop flogging the cow! It'll moo when it's ready to moo

Fixxer99TA

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I know I know.... I can never wait...

the_merv

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Have you tried to force cows to do something and eventually came to this conclusion..

Fixxer99TA

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Must have, he knows the outcome and everything...

Formula350

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It gets boring up here in Minnesota!

lt1 hawk

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wouldn't that be an orgasam?

the_merv

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Possibly..

Fixxer99TA

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Hahaha... Still waiting on an answer too...

wicked383lt1

sorry I took so long to reply. It was my valve covers, I got a telescoping mirror and saw it pouring out of the bottom of the valve covers. I took one off and the entire gasket was fried. gotta do the other side tomorrow. hopefully thats the problem

Fixxer99TA

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Good stuff, just wanted to see if you figured it out.

the_merv

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Make sure when you put the new ones in that it doesn't fall out when you install the Valve Covers. They tend to do that if you aren't gentle when putting on the Valve Cover. Once it's set on the Head then bolt it on.

lt1 hawk

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I am still waiting to hear about the cow... what happened to the cow?