revvin9k

iTrader: (23)

Well, I guess my car is mad at me for some reason becuase if it's not one thing it's the other. Well, after realizing my TC rear seal was leaking, I noticed another problem when I came home the other night. After I had turne my car off I heard some sort of "sizzling" or boiling noise. I opened up my hood and the spot that is pictured had some sort of fluid bubbling and fizzing due to the extreme heat of the manifold.

I obviously had to let it cool down and then I went to inspect it. This is def engine oil. Now whats wrong with her?





Thanks.

GSknight

iTrader: (11)

Dang. Any other symptoms?

revvin9k

iTrader: (23)

Nope. Drives fine, no idling issues. Nada. But I know that is oil, you can tell from the pic of my finger.

justchil

iTrader: (44)

That's not good. Do a compression check ASAP.

Is the oil feed line right above where you're noticing this?

DanJ

iTrader: (2)

I believe the pic he showed was the exh manifold, I don't believe there are any lines above the exh manifold.

oak2207

It looks like it's seeping out through the gasket. Like chil said, do a compression test.

Cajun Power

iTrader: (3)

I hade that problem when I change my head studs with ARP until I cycled it and re-torqued. Then it went away.

Pull your plugs and look down in the cylenders and make sure there isn't any oil on top of the pistons or cracks... Then do a compression test.

revvin9k

iTrader: (23)

Nope. This is right next to the first runner. I had studs put in not too long ago. Could this be the cause of it? Especially if the head was NOT removed?

adx

iTrader: (3)

You need to do a compression test... sounds like ur rings are fried and leaking. There is no oil lines above the manifold, so that quickly rules out being leaked on.

revvin9k

iTrader: (23)

We may have a winner.

revvin9k

iTrader: (23)

Thanks bud, i'm gonna go pull and change my plugs. I'll be back w/ more pics of what I find.

justchil

iTrader: (44)

Ding ding

Doubtful that line would leak unless it was messed with... sounds like you've found the problem

GSknight

iTrader: (11)

I doubt it's your head gasket - if it was you'd probably be over heating.

Let us know what you find.

EVO316

iTrader: (2)

well the metal gasket seems to be in good condition. have you noticed if your engine is burning up any oil?

AutoMotoSports

iTrader: (42)

I doubt its your head gasket but a retorque isnt a bad idea. If I had to put my money on it I would say valve seals. Stock EVO valve seals seem to be going out fairly frequently on 30K plus EVO's

Eric