1Revvin7

omg i am so pissed at myself.

So the roads start to clear up around here so im like lets take it for a spin. I was doing my timing and i noticed my oil pressure was at like 2-4, im like wow thats strange i give it gas it it jumps up like usually so im like whatever. I even give the little OMP arm a couple of pulls to get some oil in there. I didn't noticed anything strange and it was working like a charm and even more powerful than before. So im on the freeway doing some passes, i get off and get on then i punch it, and the roads are moist so they i spun em through 4 the gear, i let off and am going. I have my heater on full blast for a precaution, ALL of a sudden smoke comes through! ****!

I pussh in the clutch and coast, i drive home very lightly for 1 mile. I get in my garage pop the hood and there is black oil everywhere! I check my oil, half empty and thats why my damn gauge was so low. And when i redlined each gear on the ramp the oil pressure was so high it spat oil everywhere. It looks like it came from either the oil filler neck or the oil filter. I'm scared right now, it's probably been happing all winter, i drove it for 2 different times for about 20-30 mins , and let it idle for 3 times for about 20 mins. DID I **** MY **** UP? :shakehead: :shakehead: :shakehead:

The only thing i touched w/ oil over the winter was new oil filter and oil, and i also took off the 2 vacuum lines on the oil filler neck and put rubber capps on them, but they were still there. What do these 2 vac lines do? There was no visual leakages or damage anywhere. Anyone have any ideas? Im just going to have to rev the engine and look around i guess.

13BAce

The o-rings under the oil filter assembly could be bad. Besides that the only other source for a leak is usually an oil cooler line.

RotaryBoy88

I Don't know if you checked your lines or not but when mine went it exploded everywhere under my hood. :madgo: and with the oil everywhere it's kinda hard to see any leaks.

13BAce

Yeah, I had my short oil line spring a leak, and once the oil hit the fan it went everywhere. The best thing to do would be to fill the motor with oil and look for leaks at the oil lines while the car is running.

1Revvin7

Yeah, I had my short oil line spring a leak, and once the oil hit the fan it went everywhere. The best thing to do would be to fill the motor with oil and look for leaks at the oil lines while the car is running.[/quote]

thats probably it, i did notice one time before some on my hood right above my oil cooler lines, i was about to do those anyways :sigh:

13BAce

Yeah, I had my short oil line spring a leak, and once the oil hit the fan it went everywhere. The best thing to do would be to fill the motor with oil and look for leaks at the oil lines while the car is running.[/quote]

thats probably it, i did notice one time before some on my hood right above my oil cooler lines, i was about to do those anyways :sigh:[/quote]

Get some nice SS lines with AN fittings.

Infini IV

Are Mazdatrix's SS Oil Cooler Lines any good? I just got some a week ago with my FCD. They look great, but do you guys think these are good?

13BAce

Yes, they're very good. I put a set on somebody's car, and the quality was very good. I prefer hoses with AN fittings only because my other hoses are like that.

1Revvin7

yep ur right, where can i get one from, Mazdatrix? I'm planning on gettin the ss lines from Racing Beat, why don't they make all sorts of AN fittings for our cars? they look so nice. Which ones are better the mazdatrix lines or the RB ones?

13BAce

yep ur right, where can i get one from, Mazdatrix? I'm planning on gettin the ss lines from Racing Beat, why don't they make all sorts of AN fittings for our cars? they look so nice. Which ones are better the mazdatrix lines or the RB ones?[/quote]

I like the RB lines because if the hoses ever go bad they're easy to fix. You usually have to do SS lines yourself. That's why it's "custom."