This all began last year. Went to start my car one day, some weird electrical short or something happened, and everything was dead. Then eventually came back, but the car never started again. Also after that i noticed a good sized oil leak appear.

Pulled the engine to replace a majority of the seals and redo the electrical with a new wiring harness.

Seals and gaskets that were replaced include upper and lower intake, valve covers, crank seal, timing cover, oil pan, rear main, distrib seal, and that's pretty much it. Didn't remove heads

Got everything assembled and it sat in my garage for a few months. This was during winter time. Again i noticed a small bit of oil under the car. Fresh oil. Keep in mind that it was very cold out, and the car hasn't ran yet and there is oil coming out from around the back of the engine. Same place where it was before

It's gotten so much worse since then. The whole underside of my car is coated, even a drip of oil is hanging off the muffler in the REAR of the car!! And there is oil spray covering the rear of the car and even the side. Looks like my car runs really rich, but it's oil and dirt collecting on top of it.

any ideas of what it could be? I lifted it up earlier a few months ago and looked, and it seems like the back of the intake is where it's coming from. Doesn't explain why it leaked before it had oil pressure built up though. Oil cooler adapter possibly?

 

you think the best thing i could do is clean it all off underneath, and then run it so i can be sure i know where it's leaking?

 

Parts store engine degreaser and a quarter car wash. Shouldn't be hard to find once you've got it cleaned up some.

 

Just coated the underside in super clean degreaser. Only crappy part is ill have to sit under the car while its running on jack stands lol

 

thats almost the same thing I am going through, post something up if you find anything hard to see!...thanks

 

It was just the intake gasket. The rtv wasn't installed correctly