Friday, July 8, 2011

93 toyota celica gt oil leak problem?

The car has a 2.2l 4cyl. engine. A little while back I was trying to jump off a friend's battery and noticed a bit of smoke coming from under the hood. I looked under the hood to notice that there was oil on the motor closest to the front of the car right next to where the oil dipstick and oil filter are. When I got home I tried running it for a while to see if I could locate the leak's source but after about 20 minutes of running the engine I gave up thinking that it was maybe just some temporary freak accident. I took it to a shop and talked to a guy there and he said that it is possibly blowing out of the dipstick tube due to a possible clocked pvc valve. So I replaced the pvc valve and thought the problem was fixed until we drove it the next day and again saw smoke from under the hood. Do you think its possible that it is still blowing out of the dipstick tube? or is it possible that the seal around the oil filter has worn out and is causing it to leak from there when the engine is revved up enough? The car is on about it's 3000th mile since the last oil change so I know I need to change it soon I was just curious if anyone had seen a problem much like this one and how they overcame it because I would hate to go change the oil and just lose it all due to some leak I can't find. While I was trying to locate the leak I did try to rev up the engine to see if it was pressure that was causing something to leak like it is. Can anyone help? If more info is needed just let me know and I will fill it in accordingly. Thanks all

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