leaking oil (UPDATE: i found the leak... need help!)

[j_downey50]

my car is really pissing me off. it's been running PERFECT since i got the starter replaced months ago, when i first got the car. well, tonight i'm driving to walmart with a couple friends before installing my system, and on the way there, we smell burning rubber. we didn't know what it was, so we're just like screw it. well we get to a stop light and we see smoke coming out from under my car. we're like what the hell?

so we get to walmart and i look under my car and the catalytic converter is all burnt up. it's all burnt and it's smoking and it smells quite bad. the damn thing was leaking oil all over the place. eventually the low oil light came on. before i left, i put some more oil in, just so the low oil light wasn't on. what the hell happened? this kind of happened out of nowhere.

[ September 12, 2004, 02:10 PM: Message edited by: j_downey50 ]

[BLLDOGG]

might have been your rear main. you need to go look under the hood for leaks and under the car. im sure you know the signs of a rear main leak.

thats amazing your oil was coming out that fast. did you spring a hole in your oil pan? lol

[j_downey50]

**** there's oil everywhere from the oil filter down and all along the exhaust, up until the cat. is it coincidence that the cat goes out at the same time as this, or are they probably related?

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

sounds like you PVC vaule failed and extra PSI in the block blew out you oil pan seal

[shock_core]

it might be your oil senser up front.... it happened to me once, it blew and sprayed oil all over the engine and below it. but it leaked oil pretty quick. it all drained out in a few hours :\ i'd check that our first cos its a pretty simple fix if u dont have any oil left in your car... :\

[j_downey50]

no, there's still oil in the car... i hope. last night, the oil was leaking pretty bad for a while, until the low oil light came on, but eventually stopped. i put in another quart or so before driving it home, just so it didn't break down on me or anything. i've yet to go out and see if it will start, or if it leaked any oil last night after i parked it.

[j_downey50]

i started it up this morning to see if i could find the leak now that i have daylight... the oil is all over the oil filter and that whole area... but it's not leaking from the filter.

the oil is coming out of the k-member (or something like that... not sure what it's called). it doesn't leak very much unless the engine is running, then it leaks like mad.

anybody know what i can do to fix this, or should i just park it and take it to a shop on monday?

[ September 12, 2004, 03:26 PM: Message edited by: j_downey50 ]

[Rob Bell]

You should get all the oil cleaned off, and then when you start it again you should be able to see where it's leaking from. Just make sure the connections are tight, like the sensor, filter, stuff like that.