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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 08:33 AM
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i have a small oil leak from my headers.....is that normal?also my car has a hard time to get up like it hesitates at first then bam it goes..maybe a tune up? also if i'm rolling at like 5-10 and gave it some gas and let off it will drop down and act like it has a cam..1995 z28 lt1
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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You may have some fuel problems. The oil leak is most likely from your intake as there isn't any oil passing near the headers, unless you have serious blow by.
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 10:41 AM
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You may have some fuel problems. The oil leak is most likely from your intake as there isn't any oil passing near the headers, unless you have serious blow by.
what do u mean blow by..
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 11:08 AM
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Blow by is what happens when your rings don't seat like they should anymore and oil comes up from the crankcase and past the piston into the combustion chamber.

What part of the headers is it coming out of?
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 11:24 AM
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Blow by is what happens when your rings don't seat like they should anymore and oil comes up from the crankcase and past the piston into the combustion chamber.

What part of the headers is it coming out of?
its not coming like from the headers.its driping right by them..it might just be the oil pan gasket too.i did not take a good look at it..does the pan wrap around the motor? car only has 100,000 miles on it..fuel i think it might be my throttle body when i first got the car it was all sticky and would not give full power to i clean it so too
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Z28_AJ
i have a small oil leak from my headers.....is that normal?
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its not coming like from the headers.its driping right by them..it might just be the oil pan gasket too.i did not take a good look at it..does the pan wrap around the motor? car only has 100,000 miles on it..fuel i think it might be my throttle body when i first got the car it was all sticky and would not give full power to i clean it so too
Is it coming from the headers or not????? If not, where is it dripping from? Where is it dripping on the headers..... which primary? The pan bolts to the bottom of the block, does not "wrap around the motor".
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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Is it coming from the headers or not????? If not, where is it dripping from? Where is it dripping on the headers..... which primary? The pan bolts to the bottom of the block, does not "wrap around the motor".

its driping wear the header meets the motor.somewhere along those lines..its nothing heavy once and awhile i get a 2inch oil stain in the drive way
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 01:11 PM
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Clean it up, so you can figure out where the leak is.
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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which side? drivers or passengers side? i had the same problem.... check your oil dipstick tube if it is leaking on the passenger side... i ended up replacing mine after the header install... i was getting a nasty oil leak from it....
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 01:29 PM
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which side? drivers or passengers side? i had the same problem.... check your oil dipstick tube if it is leaking on the passenger side... i ended up replacing mine after the header install... i was getting a nasty oil leak from it....
yeah i check that it might just be that..thanks bro
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 05:34 PM
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after the engine cools down run your finger along the lip of the valve cover where it over-hangs the head above your header, my pass. side valve cover gasket is pinched and drips down on the header. just another suggestion for ya
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 08:05 PM
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Yeah, sounds like valve cover gasket.
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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Valve cover gasket. Mine is doing the same but at a much slower rate. I just clean it up every few weeks and im good. Don't feel like removing the alternator and valve cover to fix it.
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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Valve cover gasket. Mine is doing the same but at a much slower rate. I just clean it up every few weeks and im good. Don't feel like removing the alternator and valve cover to fix it.
LOL, it takes 2 minutes.
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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yeah i was thinking of that too..thanks guys i let u know what it is in the morning



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