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stuwy9
06-03-2007, 10:06 AM
HOPE THIS HELPS file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/stu/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpgfile:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/stu/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpgfile:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/stu/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg
kxl77
06-03-2007, 10:33 AM
Gotta upload it to a remote server...
m3Raleigh
06-03-2007, 10:36 AM
email me the pics and Ill post -- dcazin@nc.rr.com
Headnsouth
06-04-2007, 06:52 AM
post them here http://www.imageshack.us/
gamelanman
06-04-2007, 07:02 AM
If you want to find an oil leak get yourself an aerosol can of degreaser. Jack up the car and spray down the engine with the degreaser and let it sit for 5 minutes. After it sits, spray it down with water from a hose under enough pressure to remove the built up grease. Make sure you cover your coils and spark plugs before you spray down.

Once you have cleaned down the engine, while it is still jacked up, start the car and get back underneath and wait for fresh oil to appear. This should lead you to the oil leak.
stuwy9
06-04-2007, 01:09 PM
thanks for advise i will give it a go
CrazyCoder
06-04-2007, 01:28 PM
For the love of god, don't get underneath with the engine running just on jacks! Put down jackstands at the very least, ramps are better, and make sure that the rear tires are blocked so it doesn't roll!

We don't need you getting squished.
RomasBurg328iCA
06-04-2007, 02:45 PM
For the love of god, don't get underneath with the engine running just on jacks! Put down jackstands at the very least, ramps are better, and make sure that the rear tires are blocked so it doesn't roll!

We don't need you getting squished.

+1 (i'm assuming this would be common sense, but its good to be safe) this is no joke... I would use the ramps and block the tires from rolling... do it on FLAT ground too... gluck with that and be safe...
gamelanman
06-05-2007, 06:22 AM
+1 (i'm assuming this would be common sense, but its good to be safe) this is no joke... I would use the ramps and block the tires from rolling... do it on FLAT ground too... gluck with that and be safe...

+1000

Sorry!!! :( I didn't mean that you should leave the car on the jacks!! I shouldn't have said leave the car 'jacked up'. I kind of just assumed seeing as when I jack up the car I have it on ramps with the park brake on and the wheels bricked.

None of us want to see you flattened!!
stuwy9
06-05-2007, 01:25 PM
jsut ordered my degreaser now, will have ago on weekend thanks for all your replys has anyone here had a e36 oil leak, and are there common reasons why? sorry im a tv engineer not a car mechanic!
stuwy9
06-05-2007, 01:26 PM
oh and how do you upload pictures to this site, i would show you pics if i could do it
Headnsouth
06-05-2007, 01:47 PM
jsut ordered my degreaser now, will have ago on weekend thanks for all your replys has anyone here had a e36 oil leak, and are there common reasons why? sorry im a tv engineer not a car mechanic!
The only leak I had on my 92 w/155k miles was the powersteering hoses which I just fixed last weekend. :)