Oil leak from VR 5ltr. .

[89vn]

I disconnected it and will leave it dry over night?
Ill get the air compressor tomorrow and give it a blow out and see what happens.
The engine doesnt make any noises like its got no oil pressure and the light never use to come out until i washed the engine.
5ltrs ay! Lol. .
Also are pod filters any good for the 5ltrs? Better on fuel performance etc?
Thanks guys!

 

[VR38]

Pod filters are gay.

 

[ROB83R]

When you were pouring the oil in did you happen to spill it?

Oil pressure switch is a c u next Tuesday of a job IMO.
Alternator has to come out and the fan if you don't like tight spots. Finding the right tool to undo it is hard. You might get lucky with vice grips. I'm pretty certain a 26mm deep socket will work.

Goodluck. They're good when they're running and a turd when they break. Atleast they're easy to fix.

 

[89vn]

Na didnt spill any oil when i put it in..
Yeah i kinda thought it would be a whore of a job when i unpluged it.
So pod filter wont do anything for performance or anything?
I have a custom memcal also.

 

[304runner]

Yeah you will have to remove the oil pressure switch my friend...lol.. You gotta dry it out...good chance it may mend on its own but they tend to stay rooted once they get wet...

 

[89vn]

Damn! Lol. . Thought i would have to change it. .
It looks like if i just take the oil filter off i should be able to get at it?
Would this be right or should i just take the alt off?

 

[304runner]

Take the alternator off..Its a bit tricky but you'll manage...

 

[IBLOWN]

+1



For a V8 you do, the seal is under the rear main cap. Imposible to access without taking it off, then if you dont have the tool to do it, have to lift/drop (depends if your doing it under the car or not) the crank to get to the other half of it.



Put some 20w-50 mineral in it (GTX2, Nulon, etc), with some stop leak if you want and see if that fixes the leak. That oil to me seams way to thin.

Might of got some water in the conector for the oil presure switch, let it dry out. But you will instantly know if it dosent have oil pressure next time you go to start it if its been sitting for a while. You will hear it.

I put some Full syth in the old V8 just before powercruise, didnt leak bad before that. After powercruise I would have 1-1.5L a week leak out, but that motor was coming out anyway so I just had the full syth in for POWA!

Btw I wish all I had to do was my rear main to get my car back on the road! Rear mains seem simple comepared to the **** I have to fix!

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/vt-vx-holden-commodore-1997-2002/85327-can-you-remove-rear-main-seal-buy-removing-sump.html

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Thats how my VT 5L was done.

 

[89vn]

Ill plug it back in this afternoon and see how it goes?
If it still is stuffed gjt take the filter off and change the pressure switch.
Will let you no how i go. Cars ay! Lol. .

 

[89vn]

Ok guys just a quick update. Ive just hooked the oil pressure switch back up and taken the car for a drive and the light didnt come on once!
So hopefully its just dryed out and fixed itself.?
Also i chucked some "stop leaks" stuff in the engine and the rear main has stopped leaking also. .
Maybe a combination of putting thicker oil in and the stop leak stuff has stopped it for the time being?