oil leakin

[bevis90]

i was noticing the oil light came up on the light.. so i got some 2 ltre oil poured it in started the engine and about 10 secs later i hear this splashing noise i lok under and its flood of my oil OMFG!

anyone know wat the cause of this is... oil filter???

if so i will run to the nearest auto store quick help!

[Rice_4_life]

lol i remember one time the apprentice at work left the sump plug off and tried refilling the engine, good fun! check sump plug and oil filter

[bevis90]

are you 100% sure my friend!1

[Rice_4_life]

wot? how should i noe man im not actualli standin in front of ur car, but if u had a recent service with oil chnge there is a chance the mechanic forgot to either tighten the filter or the sump plug, it happens

[bevis90]

yeah had it serviced 1 month ago how come it occurred now??

[bevis90]

shud i go back to him n complain or do it my self

[Rice_4_life]

can't you just check it like now? it's not very difficult just jack your car (placin jack stands for safety issues :D) and check your sump plug and your oil filter.

[aaronng]

Check that the seal off the old oil filter did not tear off and get stuck on the filter mount, making it have 2 seals instead of 1.

[Rice_4_life]

nah havin 2 filter rubbers on at same time wont mak it pour out lik tat, worst is slow leak i've seen one wit a rubber stuk to the mount and a filter (with its own rubber) and it didnt show any signs of leakage.

[bevis90]

alright im have a look would taking the oil filter lose all my oil.. if not how much oil would i have left in th eoil sump

[Rice_4_life]

......wtf? ok since ur oil light came on mean low oil pressure detected, so check your dipstick. if u were runnin ur engine then yes a lot of oil would hav spurted out if u did not hav an oil filter on. (correct if wrong :P)

[bevis90]

**update**

jacked up the car had a look and looks like its not the oil filter coz no oil is dripping idunnoooo@

its next to the oil pan upper or something

[Rice_4_life]

ok just so you can find out ASAP keep car jacked up (hoping you are using jack stands) and pour a BIT more oil in and watch it come back out.

[aaronng]

Use a flashlight and look for the source of the leak.

[EuroDude]

umm you put the oil cap back on after filling the engine yeah (the cap on top of the engine where you poor the oil into)?
Oil will spurt everywhere if you leave it off.


If you did put the cap back on, the you may have overfilled the engine with too much oil and possibly busted a seal or gasket somewhere.

[RMN15N]

^^ thats true.!

keep in mind when you are topping up your oil, once you pour the oil in
when you do check ur dipstick it might be to low, just start her up for a min or 2 and then re check your dip stick, somtimes the oil looks low due to slanty surfaces etc,

im guessing you blue a gasket..