Engine with 70k miles on it just wondering about a few wet looking spots
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04-30-2008
Engine with 70k miles on it just wondering about a few wet looking spots
04-30-2008
Leaking LIM gaskets. Common issue.
04-30-2008
That's actually clean compared to mine. Yup, it's the LIM leaking...
05-02-2008
LIM leaking and Valve covers too. I bet if you pull off that plug wire retainer on the front you'll see a nice amout of built up oil.
05-02-2008
Valve covers are leaking a little bit, but not too bad. But LIM is leaking for sure. I would make sure to get that taken care of asap. And just do the valve covers while you are at it.
But compared to what my car was like when I did everything at 160k, that is nothing...
05-02-2008
Pretty mild compared to what I have seen myself too.
You know your LIM gaskets are bad when you have coolant puddling around your injectors.
Do both, LIM gaskets and valve cover gaskets and might as well replace the grommets around the bolts of the valve cover as well.
~F~
05-03-2008
I pressure washed the engine bay and im planing on switching to valvoline maxlife so i'll keep an eye on it to see if it comes back
Thanks everybody
05-03-2008
alright, learning time 4 me. wtf is the lim gasket?
05-03-2008
Lower Intake Manifold.
05-03-2008
maxlife won't fix it, it has additives to swell gaskets, but doesn't work well on the new typesOriginally Posted by golden_c_ninja
05-04-2008
any other suggestions untill i can get it replaced?
05-04-2008
Its not bad yet, I would say another year of every day driving it will be worse for sure. This is the starting stage of it.
Until you can make repairs keep an eye on your coolant level in your coolant reservoir, but very doubtful you will be loosing THAT much as mush as it is seeping now. Once a week, pop your head under the hood and take a look.
~F~
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