05-13-2011, 11:18 AM
ViPER1313 Wrote:How big of a deal is the little bit of external weeping :dunno: I know that some other cars (VW VR6s come to mind) do the same thing and it's really not a big deal. One of my SHO's head gaskets was weeping a tiny bit of oil too - never worried me much.
i hear you. i think it's not as much about how much it's weeping right now as much as how much it's gotten worse, quickly, and i'm nervous of the trend. it's at the point where it's nearly dripping out of the car but as i'm driving it's smearing/atomizing all over the bottom of the chassis and partially burning off the engine. it's always weeped a little bit - like, just a faint dark line where the head/block meet and i totally ignored it. now it looks like a total mess under each HG.
and on my part i'm just assuming its weeping externally. i can't really prove its not doing it internally too, but i haven't seen any indications that i can tell for sure.
2010 Civic Si
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT