serious oil leak problem!

**Musclefan21** · 06-25-2006, 03:43 PM

the car is 1997 LT1 formula AUTO

ok l parked my car for 2 days in the garage and todya l pulled her back to wash but l saw a huge oil LAKE on the floor.. l got under the car and l saw it is coming BETWEEN TRANSMISSION and ENGINE OIL PAN (RIGHT ABOVE THE STARTER I GUESS) and l saw some antifreeze mixxed up with the oil too. also my power steering is getting real hard sometimes ( something is wrong with it it too) l dont know if it is related.. I CHECKED THE OIL, LEVEL LOOKS OK BUT THE OIL IS KINDA BLACK.. WTF?!?!?

so what is it? and how can it be fixed? and how much would that cost?

l have an oil leak from front of the engine but that is small and not a big deal.. it has been like that and not a problem..

please help, this is the only car l have!

thank you all..

Erdal

**Mr. Luos** · 06-25-2006, 03:55 PM

Leaking between the bellhousing and the block is normally the rear main seal.
Oil is supposed to be black after it has been used. That is a good thing.

Are you sure water was in the oil?? Or that it could not have been added by weather?? Rain or something??

**Musclefan21** · 06-25-2006, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

Are you sure water was in the oil?? Or that it could not have been added by weather?? Rain or something??

l am sure the big leak ( between oil pan and transmission) has not antifreeze in.. just oil.. but l looked at the fron of the engine and on a couple hoses l saw small antifreeze about to drip. and l rev the engine a couple of times after cleaning under the engine and l saw my exhaust pipes sprayed some water.. it wasnt GREEN it was water and l tried to smell and it didnt smell at all..

he car was fine in atlanta, l have no idea what happened now..

also those leak areas are dangerous?

**Mr. Luos** · 06-25-2006, 04:11 PM

Well you obviously need to make sure you keep a close eye on your oil level until you can get the rear leak fixed.

As long as the coolant is leaking from a different place than the oil and they are just mixing on the floor...you are lucky in that respect.

Sounds like a possible cracked hose for the coolant.
Guessing rear main seal for the rear oil leak.

Not sure about the front one.

**Mr. Luos** · 06-25-2006, 04:12 PM

WAIT!!

Exhaust pipes sprayed water???

**Musclefan21** · 06-25-2006, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

WAIT!!

Exhaust pipes sprayed water???

yes, l revved the engine and then l looked at the back of the car, right under the pipes, l had water on the ground..l touched it and it was water color and tried to smell and didnt smell nothing. (BTW, l have multiple missifre, maybe it is related)

**Mr. Luos** · 06-25-2006, 04:17 PM

Was the air conditioner running??

**Musclefan21** · 06-25-2006, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

Was the air conditioner running??

no my A/C do not work so it is off all the time..

**Mr. Luos** · 06-25-2006, 04:20 PM

Oh...out the back of the car??

Don't worry about that too much.
Is there any coolant leaking up front?

**Musclefan21** · 06-25-2006, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

Oh...out the back of the car??

Don't worry about that too much.
Is there any coolant leaking up front?

oh. this made me to take a deep breath.

no, l dont have coolant leak,, l cant see it on the floor.. water pump is new, radiator is new..

also l need to mention this too, sometimes when my car is on DRIVE and whenever l am stopped, l hear noise coming under the car.. like something rolling and there is a piece hitting all over.. it is not a huge noise but l can hear.. (l know you cant diagnose this)

well, thats it.. my girl started ti act crazy again.. maybe l havent washed her about 3 weeks thats why

**Musclefan21** · 06-25-2006, 04:34 PM

Thanks Curtis for your all help. l really appriciate it..

so is this the bellhousing problem or intake manifold? can l do the job by myself or shop? and possible costs??

thanks..

**Mr. Luos** · 06-25-2006, 05:07 PM

Your car is an auto...so that clunking I will take a stab at and say it is the tranny mount.

The rear oil leak, I am guessing rear main seal.

Good luck. Tranny mount is cheap and fairly easy, rear main isn't.

**heliskiier** · 06-28-2006, 12:00 PM

Could he have a cracked oil pressure sender???? That happened on my girl's Mazda 626 and we almost lost a motor real fast. Simple fix, ugly mess.

**02blackbeautyws6** · 07-02-2006, 11:22 AM

i had a zo6 clutch put in and they called me at work and told me that my crankshaft had a crack. i didnt believe him so i told him to put it together anyway. i checked the oil every couple of days under the car leaked oil from the same spot as yours. the oil seemed like it wasnt going down so i didnt check it for a while.then one day me and a co worker took it out for a hot lap and when we got back the car was running bad the oil was down 3 qts. the shop told me it was shot to trade it in. maybe their was a crack on the crank so i traded it in problem gone. as far as the water out of the tail pipe a lot of car do that when first started check it after a ride to the store the water should be gone by then its no big deal just moisture in the exhaust like on your windshield in the morning