Major Oil Leak 89 Chrysler New Yorker

I had my oil changed at Walmart and they would not do it because they
said there was an oil leak and they could not tell where it was coming
from.. Went to Pep Boys and they did the oil change and told me I did
have a oil leak as well but to check it often.. I drove from Georgia to
California and only used about 3 quarts. Yesterday, Low oil pressure
light comes on.. No oil at all showing on stick... I put in 3 quarts...
I start driving and while smoke is blowing out the back from oil
getting on engine.. It does not blow more smoke if I hit the gas..
Anyway, to go 50 miles I had to use about 6 quarts.. Any ideas for
where to start? Like I said, no signs from looking down from the top..
Of course under it is coming out from the right side... any help would
be great..

Thanks
glee

 

What engine do you have? The 3.0 V6 can have leakage problems from the
valve cover gaskets, as well as other locations. Early models also had
the problem of leaking valve guide oil seals.

I have a 2.5, that once developed a leak in the camshaft oil seal on
the timing belt side. It was hard to track down, but leaked quite a bit
until I had it replaced.

-Kirk Matheson

 

Suggestion: Stop driving it immediately till you get this fixed.

 

Earlier this year, my 89 Dodge Grand Caravan with the 3.0L engine
developed a large oil leak over a short period of time (a few weeks).
You could see it leaking with the engine running on the right
(passenger) side. It turned out to be the seal on the crank. Since this
seal is part of the oil pump assembly, I had them replace the entire
pump because the engine had over 200,000 miles on it. The new pump cost
a little over $100 at NAPA and the labor to replace it was about 4
hours.

Eldred

 

The engine is a3.0 V6. I did not drive it without oil as to not blow
the engine. Anyway, I took it in to Auto Tech 2000, and they did a
power wash.. They said someone had put JB Powerweld around the bolt,
but it was not leaking from there.. So, Walmart who does all my oil
changes must of of cracked it, patched it, and somehow forgot to tell
me.. Anyway, that was not the problem. After the power wash, they said
it was leaking from the oil pan gasket. $166 to replace a $15 ($10 at
Napa Part) and the rest was labor.. Then they took it for a test
drive.. Now it's the crank case that was leaking.. So they said I
should replace the water pump and timing kit as well while they are in
there.. Total cost now $775
I feel they should have found the oil leak before the test drive.. That
is why they did the power washing. Does this sound right to anyone.. I
have surgery being done on me on Wednesday, and I will get it back on
Monday. I'm in a small city, so my choices are limited. Thanks for
any help.
Glee

 

All you need to do is having perform an oil leak dye test on this vehicle to
determine all the oil leaks at one time. It is a sure fire way of locating
them.
Oil leaks are common from the valve cover gaskets, camshaft seals and plugs
and the head gaskets. Not to say the valve guide dropping and causing the
engine to smoke bad at idle.
If you have smoke from idle and plan on keeping this vehicle you may as well
have the heads removed and repaired.
My opinion

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech