So I just got my car back from the dealer and they said that they "can't find anything". 
Last week I drove the car about 5 miles and lost almost 5 quarts of oil. Luckily it was a short trip, and I turned the car off before the low oil light came on. It has never leaked a drop before.
I couldn't see where it was leaking so I put oil back in it and started it up and --no leak.
At first I was told that the sending unit can fail and cause the oil to purge from that diagphram rapidly. So I bought a new unit and sent it to my local mechanic.
After he degreased the bottom of the motor, he noticed what looks like a 1/16th inch hole in the very bottom of the oil filter housing (bolted onto the block with four bolts).
When he started the engine for me this little tiny drop of oil came out of the hole and just sat there.
QUESTION: Is there suppossed to be a small hole here. Is it a check valve, or as one mechanic told me a place where oil pressure can be measured with a needle valve?
The dealer is basically shrugging there shoulders and giving me the green light to drive it. I'm thinking next time I won't be so lucky.
If I had had the top down and the radio on, bombing down the freeway, I wouldn't have realized I what was going on until parts started showing up in the rear-view mirror!
Dave
Last week I drove the car about 5 miles and lost almost 5 quarts of oil. Luckily it was a short trip, and I turned the car off before the low oil light came on. It has never leaked a drop before.
I couldn't see where it was leaking so I put oil back in it and started it up and --no leak.
At first I was told that the sending unit can fail and cause the oil to purge from that diagphram rapidly. So I bought a new unit and sent it to my local mechanic.
After he degreased the bottom of the motor, he noticed what looks like a 1/16th inch hole in the very bottom of the oil filter housing (bolted onto the block with four bolts).
When he started the engine for me this little tiny drop of oil came out of the hole and just sat there.
QUESTION: Is there suppossed to be a small hole here. Is it a check valve, or as one mechanic told me a place where oil pressure can be measured with a needle valve?
The dealer is basically shrugging there shoulders and giving me the green light to drive it. I'm thinking next time I won't be so lucky.
If I had had the top down and the radio on, bombing down the freeway, I wouldn't have realized I what was going on until parts started showing up in the rear-view mirror!
Dave
