Thread: Small oil leak...

Don't worry about the oil either, it would have to be way past the full mark to even begin to interfere with anything and even then wouldn't lead to any failures.

No sweat, looks like you got plenty of advice here so should be a fun little project nothing too involved.

Dudeman

^^^What this guy said, that random missing bolt isn't causing an oil leak LOL

Seems they got you in the right direction sir... Did you get my pm?

this better be fixed by now

been there done that oring

x2

sounds good to me.

Did anyone say it's likely the distributor o-ring gone bad and you're not actually missing a bolt yet?

Greg V will be getting a call.

I shoulda figured it could not be a missing bolt of any importance. My (now far-away) mechanic Mike is waaay too anal-retentive about my car.


Yes. And that oil smokes when it burns off. Shoulda mentioned that.


I'm *pretty sure* I can accomplish this fix based on the info provided. No question that I shall attempt this one on my own. *gulp*

I'll see if I need/want anything else from Greg V before I give him a call this afternoon.

Thanks for all the input gentlemen. I sincerely appreciate you guys steering my mechanically-ignorant ass in the right direction.

Rodney, got your PM. Boy am I gonna have a thread full of newbishness if I attempt my own brake-upgrade.....

Shawn, you're going to want to do this repair correctly. The correct way to do it is to have a timing light on hand, be able to get the car into timing mode, and be able to re-set the ignition timing.

You can get the car 95% of the way fixed and then drive it to a place to have the ignition timing set properly if that's something you'd prefer.


Let us know if you need help choosing a timing light, or giving you the directions and confidence to set your own ignition timing.

timing light will run you about 50