"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
11/13/2016 at 23:30 • Filed to: None
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"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
11/13/2016 at 23:30 • Filed to: None | 3
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after many hours of repairs UV dye, cleaning, pulling the drivetrain, welding my aluminum oil pan, laying under my car scratching my head, searching the deep recesses of miata.net etc. I think I might have found where my oil leak is coming from.
I am excited to spend $14 on this oem mazda o ring that cost like 10 cents to make. Now all my synthetic oil will stay in the oil pan. its either this or the block is cracked or the headgasket I replaced has blow’d again.
Berang
> Frank Grimes
11/14/2016 at 00:17 |
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what does it seal?
Nick Has an Exocet
> Berang
11/14/2016 at 01:04 |
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It’s supposed to keep the tears from coming out but has a high failure rate.
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> Frank Grimes
11/14/2016 at 01:08 |
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Is this the oring on the cam position sensor on the back of the head?
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Berang
> Nick Has an Exocet
11/14/2016 at 01:21 |
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Tears? Miatas only tear up the track.
wafflesnfalafel
> Frank Grimes
11/14/2016 at 02:58 |
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looks a bit like the main oil filter cartridge gasket on Mazdas, (except most of those are green..)
flyingmetalbird
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
11/14/2016 at 09:39 |
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That went bad on my car and started leaking oil onto a coolant hose and it ruined the hose so it started to leak oil and coolant onto the transmission hump. Smells great. I gave up and put it away for the winter
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ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> flyingmetalbird
11/14/2016 at 10:01 |
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That is the most common engine oil leak on a miata. They all fail. Besides mazda, any hydraulic shop or seal and bearing supply shop will have a suitible o-ring that they’ll probably not even charge you for.