HELP! oil issue!
 

so for a while now my car would burn oil mainly when it downshifted after i hit the gas or when it would be ran right after a cold start. so i put some STP smoke treatment in the oil like it said to do. about 4-5 days later (last night) i was going 55mph on cruise and i looked in the rear view and there was a steady cloud of oil coming from my car?!

My low oil pressure light would come on when i started getting low on oil during hard left turns.
i noticed during the slightest turn (left or right) and even going straight down the road the light would turn on!? wtf?!

then i popped the hood and there is oil all over the back side of the engine and the right side where the electrical cords and fuse box are. it looks like a splatter on the fusebox and firewall next to the fuse box, so i have the idea that a oil line broke? or split?

also looked under car and in one of the bends of exhaust it looks like its soaked with oil and there was a drop of it about to fall off.


basically im looking for a place or an area to start looking and to see whats wrong.
possibilities i thougth of were...
Broken line (hopefully)
Head gasket
hole in block?
blown engine...idk..help!

what engine do you have?

you said it smoked on cold start up, open the hood and have some start it when its cold and look for oil comming out some where by the side of the engine where you see oil

Be very caeful! Oil onthe exsaat can cause fire, my brother grand prix didn't the racal for the taken care if burned down the house. For your problem, sounds like it happened under pressure to me... I'd say ion would be your guys though, him and turbo 2.4...

its the 2.4.
i had someone start it and it looks like its coming out of the oil pressure sensor.

oil pressure sensors i dont think would leak much would it?

at idle it was a pretty steady flow of oil coming out about as much as water would be coming thru a straw. its a 40 psi in there. and then if you hit the gas the rpms go up so...

I'd defiantly say the needs fixed...

thats your problem, a faulty sending unit will pour oil out...not a difficult fix by any means

Hell yeah it can spill it like crazy... it happened to me and I suddenly lost like 1 quart of oil in 10 second with the engine running...

So you better do it fast, it's a piece of cake to do it yourself and the sensor cost only like 10 bucks...

good point, idk what i was thinking lol.

that happened to me too... not as bad as yours, but i lost a quart of oil on an hour drive... got home and checked it out... jacked up the car, started it looked under, shut it off and I have a puddle about 10" in diameter in about 10 seconds... 5 minute fix and no more leak!!
Good luck on your repair!

Head gasket. Same thing happened to my co-worker's Buick a few years ago. It was a HG

thanks for all your opinions and help guys.
i had been done in the edina mn area and didnt have time to fix it till today. but i was right. it was the oil pressure sensor.
Replacement part: $9.25 Napa
Special Socket: $10.54 O'REALLY
Amount of time :15 min

returned socket after use...$10.54.

getting paid 10.54 for 15min work...thats my kinda job. :D