04-25-2009, 10:21 PM
Well... not looking like the world's best day for MM cars. I got home tonight after a great Skyline Cruise and visit to Summit and parked in the driveway. After an hour-ish, I moved the car and had left a sizable (4-inch diameter?) pool of oil on the driveway.
It's leaking somewhere. Oil (on a cold engine) is reading as almost an entire quart low. If the car's been running - drove it 3 miles to Exxon and back - it reads close to full.
Not a huge deal as I was planning on leaving the car anyway and taking the Escape back tomorrow to move out. I was also planning on autocrossing the Miata tomorrow at FedEx. Now I get to try my hand at mom's Crossfire...
Let's hope it's nothing hugely serious to fix, please. Any ideas? DJ mentioned it could be the oil drain plug not sealing properly (and thus needing replacement) so I'm hoping it's that and it's minor.
It's leaking somewhere. Oil (on a cold engine) is reading as almost an entire quart low. If the car's been running - drove it 3 miles to Exxon and back - it reads close to full.
Not a huge deal as I was planning on leaving the car anyway and taking the Escape back tomorrow to move out. I was also planning on autocrossing the Miata tomorrow at FedEx. Now I get to try my hand at mom's Crossfire...
Let's hope it's nothing hugely serious to fix, please. Any ideas? DJ mentioned it could be the oil drain plug not sealing properly (and thus needing replacement) so I'm hoping it's that and it's minor.
Now:
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M