'84 Camaro - I found an oil leak
05-03-2007, 12:23 PM
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Car: 1984 Z28
Engine: 305ci V8
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'84 Camaro - I found an oil leak
1984 Camaro Z28 : 5.0L V8 305
After checking underneath the hood today I found the following:
1) I have oil seemingly sprayed on my upper radiator hose as well as the front of my engine.
2) After/while running the car oil is dripping somewhere from the front of the engine...running down along my lower radiator hose...and then dripping onto the ground.
3) Also it is coating pretty much everything underneath the engine (I'm guessing this is happening while the car is moving)
Anyone have any clue as to where the oil could be coming from?
All of this seems to be going on in the front/passenger side/underneath part of my engine if that helps. It's pretty clean on top and in the back.
I checked a few other sites and people have said the "sump gasket" is a common source of oil leaks?
Anyway, if anyone can help that would be great cause this is driving me insane.
Thanks.
After checking underneath the hood today I found the following:
1) I have oil seemingly sprayed on my upper radiator hose as well as the front of my engine.
2) After/while running the car oil is dripping somewhere from the front of the engine...running down along my lower radiator hose...and then dripping onto the ground.
3) Also it is coating pretty much everything underneath the engine (I'm guessing this is happening while the car is moving)
Anyone have any clue as to where the oil could be coming from?
All of this seems to be going on in the front/passenger side/underneath part of my engine if that helps. It's pretty clean on top and in the back.
I checked a few other sites and people have said the "sump gasket" is a common source of oil leaks?
Anyway, if anyone can help that would be great cause this is driving me insane.
Thanks.
05-03-2007, 01:30 PM
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Re: '84 Camaro - I found an oil leak
jack the car up and look for any cracks in the oil system.
05-03-2007, 04:50 PM
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Re: '84 Camaro - I found an oil leak
LOL yeah i had the same problem, If you don't have a smog pump look next to the harmonic balancer on the left of the blocks face there are two holes dose the top one have a bolt in it?
If not get a very short bolt (duno the size thread) and plug the top hole IT MUST BE SHORT or it will hit the fuel pumps pushrod!.
If not get a very short bolt (duno the size thread) and plug the top hole IT MUST BE SHORT or it will hit the fuel pumps pushrod!.
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