Oil Leak Help!! 94 Celica - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

bramile · 10-29-2004, 07:16 PM

My 1994 Celica ST started leaking quite a bit of oil recently, I have been under the car numerous times but it still is not clear where it is coming from, it is running down the oil pan, it is also running down the passenger side control arm(or whatever that part is that connects to the tire) the oil is spraying almost all the way down the underside of the passenger side of the car, their are large accumulations of oil splatter as far back as 2-3 feet from the engine, it is getting on the inner portion of the front wheel and i have been getting some light oil spots on the side of my car also. Could this even be an oil pan leak? i just though that because the oil is all over the pan but it is also all over that general area, it must spray the most when the car is moving as the oil splatter and amounts under the passenger cabin is ridiculous, any ideas? the car runs alright though and is losing less then a quart a week, so far at least. Please help with ideas, i was going to do the work myself but see how difficult the oil pan would be, plus i do not even know what else it could be, what else can leak like this in that area? Thanks

bramile · 10-29-2004, 07:23 PM

By the way the car runs like a top throughout all of this, i could not ask for a better running celica, but the oil is getting messy

Deep · 10-30-2004, 12:50 AM

I had a similar leak, it ended up being both the valve cover gasket and the cam seals. Took me about 3 hours to replace all that and the timing belt (might as well because everything has to come apart anyway.) It could be the oil pan gasket, but since oil flows downwards, probably not. Try having the engine cleaned and then have another look.

How many clicks?

lcarocha · 10-30-2004, 12:55 AM

Oil pump or crank seal gone AWOL...? I know the timing belt cover is there and normally you would see the oil dripping down the side of the engine and down the pan but oil has the strange property of splatting everywhere beyond any logic.

1radtoy · 10-31-2004, 11:28 AM

most common issus with toyotas this old seem to be the following

cam seal 90080-31023
crank seal 90080-31022
oil pump seal 15165-70010
oil pump oring 15188-63010

also check the oil cooler oring

all4runners · 08-29-2006, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 1radtoy

also check the oil cooler oring

radtoy: where is this located on the 5sfe? Thanks dude...

Pineapple · 08-29-2006, 04:35 PM

Holy 2 years old post.
If you got one, its below oil filter. Usually filter is on the block. The cooler seat between and have coolant line goes to it.