well i was out working on my car today, had the hole car flat on the fround and running, i checked underneath and it had a small drop of oil already, so i fix a few things and change the idle speed for winter well i start to pour in another quart of oil and notice that just under the exhaust manifold its leaking down onto the motor mounts, then onto the ground, i think that somewhere on the heads there are a few bolts or something missing so the oil goes into the heads then right back out. what do you all think, ever herd of anything like this?

thanks for any help

Shean

 

Clean the exterior of the engine, fill the crankcase, then run the engine while you watch the area with a good light. The leak should become apparent. You may have problems with head bolt sealing, head gaskets, rocker covers, or the dipstick tube.

 

No. Not possible. All the bolts that go into heads (exh man, accessory) go into the water jacket. If any of them leaked you'd be seeing water not oil.

Check your valve cover gaskets. If you're runnign PolyLocks instead of stock type rocker nuts, your VCs may be unable to reach the head flange because they hit the nuts first.