Thread: Oil flowing out of engine. 4 quarts a quarter mile.

I have 2002 gtp stock. Noticed some smoke behind me in the mirror a quarter mile or so from home. When i came to a stop sign i noticed the smoke coming out the hood. Pulled in the drive and looked under the running car. Oil was squirting out at a very rapid pace on the drive. I turned the car off right away. No more oil came out after i turned it off. There was like a trail of oil coming down the road behind the car.
Just wanting to get some ideas about what may have happened here. i assume its something with oil pressure. Like the oil pressure sending unit maybe. My plan tomorrow is to put oil in it and turn it on. See where its shooting out at. It leaked all 4 quarts in a quarter mile by the way. Its also been leaking a tiny bit for a month now on the drive from somewhere.

You know if i wasn't a very observant person I could have killed my old GTP. Another mile without oil would have been all she wrote. Scotty your lucky to beak three and get away with the motor in one piece. I wish this car had a oil pressure gauge.
At least i found out where my minor oil leak has been coming from. Im going to just replace the sending unit before i put oil in it and start it up again.

Well we will hope for something dumb. Although the oil filter was the first thing I checked. Its tight. That doesn't mean its not leaking though. But, your right. I need to fully verify the leak before I spend any money on it.

It's been leaking. I wasn't sure where it was coming from though. I had the idea of the oil pan gasket until today. The sending unit is a much easier fix. If that's what the diagnosis is of course.

Originally Posted by joe0813

the filter might be double gasket. and whoever did the oil change cranked the filter down. i would check it with the car running on jack stands and just have a friend turn it on and then shut it off so its not spraying oil everywhere. but before you start it.... CLean the area with brake clean and a rag so you can see better

I will check that out. It going to be very evident where the leak is at start up. It was pretty scary when i quickly peeked under the running car to see soo much oil flowing out. There wasn't like a "Oh let me see where its dripping from while i got it running." It was more like, "Holy ****. Turn it off before the motor spins a bearing or something."

Originally Posted by scottydoggs

mine all started out as small leaks, then opened up like a flowing river, i lost 3 quarts the first time. cars were passing me on the highway beeping with oil all over their windshields lol and i was killing bugs out the back big time, coated the whole underside of the car to the rear bumper.

its a quick easy check to see if its leaking. a good flash light helps a ton, even during the day.

Sounds like my experience. lol Kinda looked like the John Candy movie Uncle Buck with his smoking car. Best part is that i had just zoomed past some guy for driving like a moron. He was probably saying, " Karma."

It was the sending unit. On a side note. Autozone is crazy to want $35.99 for Mobile 1 5 quart jug. When it cost you $24.99 at Walmart.