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Old 08-02-2007, 08:02 PM
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Ok so I realized that my car is leaking oil somehow. The belly pan has been dripping onto the driveway, not a ton but a little. My oil level doesn't seem to be too low, although I find that trying to read the oil level on the stock dipstick is rather infuriating. But I mean it is just a little below min if at all. What are the possibilities of what could be wrong here? Thanks all!
 
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Old 08-02-2007, 10:40 PM
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Valve cover gaskets, cam seals, cam tensioner seals, oil pan, upper oil pan, turbo oil lines.....

My bet is on at least 3 of them.
 
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Old 08-02-2007, 11:16 PM
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Thanks for the reply man! Is this something that is super serious and I should get it fixed soon?
 
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Old 08-03-2007, 10:51 AM
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Depends on how bad the leak is, & if you can live with it.

The only leak that should be taken serious is the turbo oil lines.

Yup, they are all a PITA to fix & if you fix one, the other will start to leak.
 
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Old 08-03-2007, 12:23 PM
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Ok i see... well if I go to do the turbo lines can I upgrade them to bigger ones? I know that the 2001 had larger oil lines for the turbos and it helped with the life of them. How much do you think it would be to do all of that stuff at the same time. The locally indy mech here only charges like $65/hr for labor. Pretty good.. I kinda doubt any of this stuff is easy enough for me to tackle myself... idk maybe not...
 
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Old 08-03-2007, 12:26 PM
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Ok i see... well if I go to do the turbo lines can I upgrade them to bigger ones? I know that the 2001 had larger oil lines for the turbos and it helped with the life of them. How much do you think it would be to do all of that stuff at the same time. The locally indy mech here only charges like $65/hr for labor. Pretty good.. I kinda doubt any of this stuff is easy enough for me to tackle myself... idk maybe not...
You can't change the lines with out dropping the engine. Don't worry about "upgrading" them.

I know the dealer charges $3800 for the upper valve seals (VCG, CS & CTS). You also get the TB job done, as the cam gears need to be pulled.
 
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Old 08-03-2007, 12:34 PM
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Well I already have my timing belt done, just did it like over a month ago. So basically this is an expensive problem... cool...[:@]
 
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Old 08-04-2007, 08:09 AM
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A lot of folks over at BITOG (Bob is the Oil Guy) have reported good results after cleaning their engines with Auto-Rx: http://www.auto-rx.com/
 
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