twiget
Well-known member
About two weeks ago I was going to make a trip to the local drag strip. In preperation for the foray, I gave my GS a once over to make sure everything was good. I found she was about a quart low on oil, and that it looked like it was about 7k miles old. I changed the oil back in February, and have put maybe 2-2.5k miles on her since.
Today was my first chance to put her up on jack stands and do an oil change. That was pretty uneventfull, but I did find the leak. It appears to be comming from the front of the oil pan, as the crossmember right below it is caked in oil, as is the front of the pan.
According to my Chiltons manual, to get the oil pan off, I need to pull the left cat, the starter, and the flywheel cover. Is there anything else I should know? How hard is it to pull the cat? Are there gaskets I need to replace for that too?
And speaking of gaskets, what do you guys recommend for the oil pan? And what kind of sealant for the gaskets?
Now to the condition of the oil, would sitting in the car for 5 months cause it to degrade like that? Previous to February, I did an oil change in early October, right before I put her in storage. The February oil change was nice and clean. And now that I'm thinking about it, she did backfire on me about 6-8 weeks ago.
A lot of you guys have much more experience in this than I do, so what do you suggest I do to hunt down the problem?
Thanks
Jason
Today was my first chance to put her up on jack stands and do an oil change. That was pretty uneventfull, but I did find the leak. It appears to be comming from the front of the oil pan, as the crossmember right below it is caked in oil, as is the front of the pan.
According to my Chiltons manual, to get the oil pan off, I need to pull the left cat, the starter, and the flywheel cover. Is there anything else I should know? How hard is it to pull the cat? Are there gaskets I need to replace for that too?
And speaking of gaskets, what do you guys recommend for the oil pan? And what kind of sealant for the gaskets?
Now to the condition of the oil, would sitting in the car for 5 months cause it to degrade like that? Previous to February, I did an oil change in early October, right before I put her in storage. The February oil change was nice and clean. And now that I'm thinking about it, she did backfire on me about 6-8 weeks ago.
A lot of you guys have much more experience in this than I do, so what do you suggest I do to hunt down the problem?
Thanks
Jason