joe3180
01-14-2008, 08:47 AM
i was looking under my car recently and noticed that there seems to be oil inside my cat. i dont know if over time it can start to leak out or if it just on the top of it. i have also been having some other bigger problems such as when cranking there is this strange noise like the first 2 pistons are good and gettin crancked but after the first rotation of the crank it sound like pulleys are are squakin at me or something and recently it has not started everytime. at the moment im changing the oil since it was a little low and i just changed out the fuel filter. i just got the car back from the shop getting painted and just before that an oil leak from the oil pan was fixed along with the timing chain replaced. ill come back with some pics of the cat so you can see what im talkin about but what about that noise? anything you can think of?
ooooh and at times smoke comes out the tail pipe and poss other places sometimes a little and sometimes a whole lot. its pretty embarracing as you can imagine. most of the time it happens when im stopping or starting to move but that could just be because i cant see it too well while moving. its gotten so bad now that it can fill up the inside of the car. water level is perfect its just the oil that goes away but im still not 100% untill i fill it up again if it is the cause because of the oil leak before. but 90% i think it is. where its comming from is the question. ive seen that my intake is taking on some oil from the valve cover but i doubt that is enough to really do that much. im in process of fixing that as well.
s13 sr20det
had it 5 years never a starting prob
alt been replaced 2 times 6 months ago was last time
fuel pump primes just fine
ill be checking battery charge in a few also comp test
anything else you would like to know ask me....
ooooh and at times smoke comes out the tail pipe and poss other places sometimes a little and sometimes a whole lot. its pretty embarracing as you can imagine. most of the time it happens when im stopping or starting to move but that could just be because i cant see it too well while moving. its gotten so bad now that it can fill up the inside of the car. water level is perfect its just the oil that goes away but im still not 100% untill i fill it up again if it is the cause because of the oil leak before. but 90% i think it is. where its comming from is the question. ive seen that my intake is taking on some oil from the valve cover but i doubt that is enough to really do that much. im in process of fixing that as well.
s13 sr20det
had it 5 years never a starting prob
alt been replaced 2 times 6 months ago was last time
fuel pump primes just fine
ill be checking battery charge in a few also comp test
anything else you would like to know ask me....