located the problem!

[David Williamson]

It has been sitting for a few weeks as everyone knows.
I look under my car today and notice I have a lot of oil coming from my exhaust.
I guess the oil is going into the exhaust and coming out so so much at the middle (where the glasspack starts) so it smokes from that one side, so I think its burning the oil and I assume that's not good or a head gasket going/or already bad.

I was wondering and hoping you all could tell me what this might be and if I am correct or wrong.

Thank you all.

 

[pontiacgp]

If I remember right wasn't the smoke coming from under the car and not the tail pipe? Could it be the valve cover is leaking oil onto the exhaust?

 

[David Williamson]

If I remember right wasn't the smoke coming from under the car and not the tail pipe? Could it be the valve cover is leaking oil onto the exhaust?

I mean It could be, But Its a little to far down it seems.
I will take a picture of it and show you all.

 

[pencero]

Aw cmon Dave. I barely know you and didnt follow the thread ultra close, but you sure do know that one of the last things you had done before everything went south was took the valve cover off and started fiddling around under there. Seems pretty obvious to me you should hand it to GP and just admit you didn't put the valve cover back on correctly. You probably just stripped the bolts a little bit so they didn't torque down hard enough or let back off after you walked away!

Dont be 😳 about it though, I wouldn't even try to take the valve cover off myself b/c I already know something like this would happen to me in the end too. At least you tried to fix it yourself! Lesson learned is to leave big jobs to the pro's until you get more experience. Maybe get a 305/350 that barely works to practice on so if you make mistakes like this it's not a big deal and there isnt a 4,000 lb paperweight blocking the other cars in your driveway next time

 

[David Williamson]

Aw cmon Dave. I barely know you and didnt follow the thread ultra close, but you sure do know that one of the last things you had done before everything went south was took the valve cover off and started fiddling around under there. Seems pretty obvious to me you should hand it to GP and just admit you didn't put the valve cover back on correctly. You probably just stripped the bolts a little bit so they didn't torque down hard enough or let back off after you walked away!

Dont be 😳 about it though, I wouldn't even try to take the valve cover off myself b/c I already know something like this would happen to me in the end too. At least you tried to fix it yourself! Lesson learned is to leave big jobs to the pro's until you get more experience. Maybe get a 305/350 that barely works to practice on so if you make mistakes like this it's not a big deal and there isn't a 4,000 lb paperweight blocking the other cars in your driveway next time

Nah I understand completely, I just didn't honestly know if it were me that did the problem or if it was the head gasket.
Cause I am getting so many different opinions and I am not a mechanic so i cant say what is right or wrong.
I wish I had any type of pro around that could help me but honestly its only me that can help me, I can send it to a shop but I don't normally have enough money to pay them to fix a small problem.
Now its a big problem and it sucks horribly bad.
But Of course I would be embarrassed about it, I thought and said from the beginning I would mess them up, but I had to try and I did.

But now what do you think is wrong with it? What could I have done and what would the problem be now that I caused?

 

[pontiacgp]

did you do the compression test?

 

[LSCustoms]

clean the motor off real good bro! where are you located again?

 

[lildudefl]

clean the motor off real good bro! where are you located again?

Agreed, you need to clean the motor off really good where all the oil is. then run the engine and find where u are getting fresh oil running.

you
reread a bit. u say near the glasspacks, so the glasspipes are positioned really close to the the front of the car, i.e near the trans.

Is any of the oil getting on the exhaust manifold/header or just further down. check the intake manifold gasket also if its not the valve cover. If it was you head gaskets and leaking that much oil, i think you would be getting alot more blueish smoke from the car when running.

 

[David Williamson]

did you do the compression test?

Honestly still waiting on taxes to do anything for the car, But when I get the money I will do that before anything.
Their saying it should be on late tonight or early in the morning.

 

[David Williamson]

clean the motor off real good bro! where are you located again?

Will do, In Louisville, KY.