losing oil at a outstanding rate!

[vollosso]

Bro diagnose this oil disappearing thing for me. No I don't know of it's burning it and no I haven't looked for a leak. No you can't see the car either.

lol

[runsideways2]

It's losing it not burning it here's a link with a picutre of the back of the car
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7qt...p=docslist_api

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Engine compartment

Its losing oil I tried looking for it only thing that showed leaks was the valve cover gasket the oil is not making it in to the combustion chambers oil is not coming out of my exhaust I can see my exhaust pipes they are completely covered in oil

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All the way to the back of the car

[vollosso]

If there isnt a puddle under your car or oil everywhere then its burning, do a compression leakdown and see what you getz

[vollosso]

Your headers are covered in oil?

[runsideways2]

Ok that's next when I have time to do one. I do puddle under the car actually on my skid plate

[cdmbmw]

Bro diagnose this oil disappearing thing for me. No I don't know of it's burning it and no I haven't looked for a leak. No you can't see the car either.

Right!? lmao

[Haifisch M3]

did you check the rear main seal?
if bad they can leak massive amounts and the oil will coat the under side and back of the car

this shouldn't cause smoke to come out of the exhaust . If that is happening you got bigger problems than that

[runsideways2]

I dread the rear main being bed lol it was replaced last year before I bought the car

[chikinhed]

There are two different rear main seals, cheap spring type and new springless style OEM type. It took me two cheap ones to figure out why you want to use the expensive springless type.

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[IR M5]

I dread the rear main being bed lol it was replaced last year before I bought the car

They could have installed it incorrectly though. Next step is to jack/lift the car up, remove the skid plate and locate any oil leaks. Then I would would do a leak down test to see the condition of the internals. It's essential.

If those 2 things check out then move onto the supercharger and CCV setup.

Funny thing is my friend is having a similar issue with his S5x which is also supercharged. I'll try to get ahold of him and report back.

[Matutino]

Bro diagnose this oil disappearing thing for me. No I don't know of it's burning it and no I haven't looked for a leak. No you can't see the car either.

This made my day lol

[runsideways2]

They could have installed it incorrectly though. Next step is to jack/lift the car up, remove the skid plate and locate any oil leaks. Then I would would do a leak down test to see the condition of the internals. It's essential.

If those 2 things check out then move onto the supercharger and CCV setup.

Funny thing is my friend is having a similar issue with his S5x which is also supercharged. I'll try to get ahold of him and report back.

I hope it wasn't installed incorrectly I bought the car in New Jersey back in Nov of 2013 And drove it to los angeles. Previous owner showed me the receipts of when he had it installed I think it was VAC motor sports that did the rear main seal flywheel and clutch a couple of weeks before I purchased it. How long does a rear seal last then? I will try to get the car jack up tomorrow and drop the skid plate. If you have a e30 And you need a a really Good skid plate hik fab just thought I would throw that out there.
CCV I have it breath into the atmosphere like I was recommended to do first from earlier in the thread. Would the bypass valve cause this problem if it's not working properly.

[dburt86]

Leak it down.

[bmwperson]

Leakdown might not diagnose a bad oil ring, it's better for checking combustion rings.

Pull all the plugs, label them as you do. Inspect them for signs of the engine burning oil. While you're there do a compression test just to get an idea of overall shape of the motor.

For leaking, Just get some degreaser, use a spray bottle to coat your engine in it give it a few minutes and hose it down. Once everything is nice and clean, go drive for a few minutes and crawl under there and look for leaks, if no leaks go repeat. You are looking for small signs of oil leaks. Keep in mind if you wait too long and too much oil leaks, it will travel around the engine making it more difficult to find the leak.

If that fails to find the leak, you can get UV dye and a black light but I never had to go there.

[iRodD]

Leakdown might not diagnose a bad oil ring, it's better for checking combustion rings.

Pull all the plugs, label them as you do. Inspect them for signs of the engine burning oil. While you're there do a compression test just to get an idea of overall shape of the motor.

For leaking, Just get some degreaser, use a spray bottle to coat your engine in it give it a few minutes and hose it down. Once everything is nice and clean, go drive for a few minutes and crawl under there and look for leaks, if no leaks go repeat. You are looking for small signs of oil leaks. Keep in mind if you wait too long and too much oil leaks, it will travel around the engine making it more difficult to find the leak.

If that fails to find the leak, you can get UV dye and a black light but I never had to go there.

What he said ^ The uv die and black light works great.

[runsideways2]

What he said ^ The uv die and black light works great.

I would first have to degrease the entire block to use the dye. Its a oil mess under there it looks like a heavily oil ��. But I think the dye is going to be a good idea I will use that if the compression test doesn't show me anything I'm tired of putting oil in my car. It takes two quarts to go about 20 -30 miles

[chikinhed]

Finding the leak is suppose to be the easy part and if the engine is cleaned properly the 'leak at an outstanding rate' should be easy to spot right away.

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[Def]

+1 for UV dye and black light. I got a cheap black light LED flashlight when I use it to find a really hard to spot coolant leak (pin hole leak on a hose that ran behind the engine). I would have never found it if I didn't have that UV dye in the system.

[chikinhed]

Also works on bed sheets and other furniture around the house

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[Def]

Also works on bed sheets and other furniture around the house

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[GG///M3]

Ain't blow by a b#tch. System maybe pressurized.

[runsideways2]

Well I think I got a fix on it my mechanic found the base of the dipstick gushing oil with that it was blowing oil all over the exhaust system and every where underneath the car. I took it out for a nice drive well pretty hard drive and no more James bond clouds of smoke behind me. The O ring was completely gone. A 5 dollar fix is going to save me 8 quarts of oil every other 4 days.

[vollosso]

How was that getting on your exhaust?

[camdinans3]

so you're telling me it took a MONTH for you to figure out why you were loosing 8 quarts of oil every 4 days, which equates to.....what...like 58 quarts of oil?

You don't even get under the car? You would have seen the dipstick location leaking in about 13 seconds.

[chikinhed]

Hmmm, bought it or built it?

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