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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 03:01 PM
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Alright so recently my oil light has been coming on when i take hard turns also i smell oil wen i am stopped and the heat is on nothing wen it is off i just did an oil change with full synthetic and i replaced the heater core due to corrosion so i havent noticed anything before any ideas on the issue? There are no oil puddles under the car and no sign of a leak anywhere oil was low and i put more in twice now
 
Old Oct 19, 2012 | 03:44 PM
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Smoke? How does your coolant look?
 
Old Oct 19, 2012 | 06:11 PM
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Chances are you're burning oil or losing it from the turbo, and the smell (a separate issue) is from a bad valve cover gasket allowing the oil to seep out and burn off on the exhaust manifold.
 
Old Oct 19, 2012 | 07:26 PM
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No smoke burns clean and its a v6 valve cover gasket on right side did have a bit of seepage i cleaned it so i can check it tonight and make sure its fresh
 
Old Oct 20, 2012 | 07:20 AM
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Which oil light is coming on? Low level or low pressure?
 
Old Oct 20, 2012 | 09:24 AM
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Its the oil can picture so im assuming low hahaim thinking maybe the pump is clogged a bit or something and the gasket is making it low too
 
Old Oct 22, 2012 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Nemick
Which oil light is coming on? Low level(yellow) or low pressure(red)?
there are two oil can icons, what color?
 
Old Oct 22, 2012 | 07:06 PM
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O ok its red sorry im a newb lol
 
Old Oct 23, 2012 | 09:19 AM
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UH OH, that's no good.
 
Old Oct 23, 2012 | 11:57 AM
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It doesnt come on very often tho maybe like 3 times a month mcgovs do u have any idea what i should do to fix it?
 



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