BIG puddle of oil of garage floor this morning

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01-05-2022, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by aircooledpurist

Yep…. And the oil on my garage floor was all burned and dirty from sitting on top of my exhaust manifolds before hitting the floor.

I found out yesterday that oil never even made it inside my engine. Better yet, my car isn’t leaking at all. All that oil was the result of a very sloppy oil fill.

My friends Don and Dan at Fairfield County Motorsports spent about two hours washing, wiping, degreasing the underside of my engine. A long drive and back on the lift. Bone dry. It doesn’t even smell anymore when I turn on the heat!

No valve cover leaks, no leaks anywhere. And surprise, the car was down TWO quarts of oil immediately following an oil change. Guess where those two missing quarts went?

I’m very happy it was nothing serious, I’m very disappointed my car was treated with such little respect.

live and learn

Glad it got sorted out. I was going to be shocked if you told me hairy dog did this. but $hit can happen to anyone i guess.

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01-06-2022, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by gavonder

I KNEW it!! There was just no way that much oil came from the valve cover all of a sudden. It was hard to see from underneath that day at Rob's.
Glad it wasn't serious, but sucks a place you trusted buggered an easy job.

Hey what’s up? That puddle in the photo was AFTER we cleaned things up at Rob’s. No way valve covers are going to leak that much. Also all the oil we were cleaning was burned. It wasn’t leaking from inside the engine. All’s well that ends well.

(Just to be clear to everyone, Fairfield County Motorsport went above and beyond and helped me clean up the mess, they did NOT cause it.)

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01-06-2022, 01:41 AM

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I ran into the same issue and it was overfill in my case. There's no way a valve cover gasket will leak out that much without any warning, especially untouched.