Oil Leak. Not Sure Where From? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

decrypted · 07-20-2009, 06:05 PM

I Have A 93 Camry (3vz-fe) 250.000mi. I Just Replaced The Oil Pan Gasket With Rtv. Because It Was Leaking From What I Thought Was The Oil Pan, But It Is Still Leaking. I Had Just Recently Replaced The Head Gasket And Its Not Coming From There. It Is Just On The Passenger Side. There Is Oil Getting On The Drive Shaft So It Is Just Spraying It Every Where. It Is Losing About A Qt, A Week. Need Some Help to Figure Out The Problem, Also The Head Gasket Blew Because Of Overheating.

95PimpingCamry · 07-20-2009, 06:15 PM

Check the valve cover gasket and the distributor gasket.

Retrospekt · 07-20-2009, 08:43 PM

Make sure it's oil. I was leaking from this spot and waited for about 2 weeks to see if my oil level went down, it didn't. My power steering hose was cracked.

Here are some tests to try:
Get some freshly dripped fluid and put it on your finger. If it has a red tint, it's the power steering.
Turn the car on and put cardboard under your car. Turn the steering wheel from left to right (all the way on both sides) for about 2 minutes. Turn the car off and look under. If it's the power steering hose, it should have sprayed onto the cardboard. (Turning the wheel runs puts pressure in the hose, and it sprays.)

decrypted · 07-22-2009, 02:04 AM

i checked the valve covers and head, there clean. there is a little oil under the distributor. so im thinking it might be the main crainkshaft seal.im going to cheak the cam oil seals tomarrow but i dont think its leaking from there, hopefuly. is there any other seals around there it could be?

decrypted · 07-22-2009, 02:11 AM

im sure its not the power steering cause that fluid level stays the same. but oil, i have to put in about two qt's. a week. i think im going to power wash the undercarrage of the car. drive it a little and then check it out.

ghettosled · 07-22-2009, 07:06 AM

the amount you are losing, my guess is the oil pump. just curious, losing a quart a week, can you tell if the leak is worse when the car is running as opposed to when its off? can you see it dripping on the ground after the car has been running for about 10 minutes, but then the drips slow down after the car is off?

decrypted · 07-25-2009, 05:44 PM

that is exactly what it is doing. when we start the car and go for a drive,even just a short drive a few miles. It will start leaking and when i turn it off it will start slowing down after a min. so i think your right. is there just one seal it could be or i is there another one. the owner of the vehicle wants me to just put RTV on it to fix the leak but i don't think that will work cause it is under pressure.