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is_tech · 04-01-2009, 11:17 AM

First of all, I know that I have an oil leak somewhere, and have just been re-adding oil until I can get it fixed. Sometimes it gets low, and I do not always refill it right away. I have not been checking it on a regular basis like I should be, and at times has need 2 or more quarts added to fill it back up.
About a month ago, I forgot to put the oil cap back on and lost it.
Of course this means that I drove the car without it and oil sprayed everywhere. Needless to say, I replaced the oil cap.
That weekend, I decided to pull the plugs and clan them up until I can get some new ones.
When I pulled one of the plug wires, oil dripped from it! I looked down in the valley and there was a decent amount of oil in there from when I drove it without the oil cap.
I'm glad I noticed that before pulling any of the plugs. Only now, this means that I cannot pull any of the plugs until I get ALL of that oil out of there. What would happen if even a drop or two went down into the spark plug valley? Anyway, I sucked the oil out of one side of the valley (2 plugs), but then that old shop van broke, so oil should be still be in the other side. I say should be only cause I have not pulled the plug wires on the other side to look cause I was disgusted at the time.
Right before I out the new cap on, I added way to much oil to it.
After driving it for a few minutes, ALOT of white smoke came out of the engine bay!
Yesterday, when I got to work, when even slowly taking off in first gear, I could hear the valves clattering.
Also again this morning, there was white smoke coming out of the tailpipe. (This happens maybe once a week) It smelled a little sweet about 3 months ago, but at other times smells like the mixture is off.
There is still no sign of milky oil or oil in the radiator, but I am still losing water somewhere.
This morning, I noticed that when accelerating that my car was cutting out and hesitating pretty bad.
By the time I got here to work, it had almost died, and started making a crackling / growling sound when revving it up.

04-01-2009, 11:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
is_tech Work in Progress Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 93 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	87 MR2 na not running right First of all, I know that I have an oil leak somewhere, and have just been re-adding oil until I can get it fixed. Sometimes it gets low, and I do not always refill it right away. I have not been checking it on a regular basis like I should be, and at times has need 2 or more quarts added to fill it back up. About a month ago, I forgot to put the oil cap back on and lost it. Of course this means that I drove the car without it and oil sprayed everywhere. Needless to say, I replaced the oil cap. That weekend, I decided to pull the plugs and clan them up until I can get some new ones. When I pulled one of the plug wires, oil dripped from it! I looked down in the valley and there was a decent amount of oil in there from when I drove it without the oil cap. I'm glad I noticed that before pulling any of the plugs. Only now, this means that I cannot pull any of the plugs until I get ALL of that oil out of there. What would happen if even a drop or two went down into the spark plug valley? Anyway, I sucked the oil out of one side of the valley (2 plugs), but then that old shop van broke, so oil should be still be in the other side. I say should be only cause I have not pulled the plug wires on the other side to look cause I was disgusted at the time. Right before I out the new cap on, I added way to much oil to it. After driving it for a few minutes, ALOT of white smoke came out of the engine bay! Yesterday, when I got to work, when even slowly taking off in first gear, I could hear the valves clattering. Also again this morning, there was white smoke coming out of the tailpipe. (This happens maybe once a week) It smelled a little sweet about 3 months ago, but at other times smells like the mixture is off. There is still no sign of milky oil or oil in the radiator, but I am still losing water somewhere. This morning, I noticed that when accelerating that my car was cutting out and hesitating pretty bad. By the time I got here to work, it had almost died, and started making a crackling / growling sound when revving it up. Last edited by is_tech; 04-01-2009 at 12:40 PM..