Crap, oil leak.......
 

Facing the car, center right. Assuming it's one of the TSB leaks. Still under warranty, going to dealer tomorrow. Fix, or not? Not crazy about having the thing taken apart.

EDIT 8/31: Dodged a bullet! Seems that at the last service they installed two washers/seals on the oil drain plug, so that was the source of the leak. They were great about it as well, to include "oops, sorry, we screwed up".

I'm pretty sure having an active oil leak is worse than having it repaired?

Yeah, I agree. I'm just reluctant to have it taken apart. I wish I had a garage and the ability to do it myself.

How did it happen? Any changes to the car?

Stock, the only change I can think of is that I've been using E85 to E95 all summer. Leak is recent, not even a month. I started wondering why my AC water puddle was not evaporating. Only 13k miles, too. Grrrrr.

Ooo. Enough to drip? I'm sorry. :(

There was a fellow on the forum recently that "superglued" (or something) his leak by applying several coats to the OUTSIDE. I don't know if it held .. :iono:


humfrz

Why not to fix it under warranty? His car is new ...

any pics??

Cam plate? sounds like the spot.

Well, that would be just fine - IF they fixed it right. After reading about what it takes to take that cover off, clean it up properly and put it back together properly, I would have my reservations about whether or not the average tech at a dealership could pull that off - :sigh:


humfrz

None of the car, unless I can see it at the shop.

Dealer had an oil spill and just cleaned up when I came in. I left a few drops in the five minutes it sat there. I didn't realize it was leaking that fast.

Yeah, it's not a small job. If I had my own garage, I'd set aside about two weeks to do the job. Ah, well. These things happen. Portland Toyota has several real good techs, hopefully yhey get the job.

It has nothing to do with E85, it's a known problem. Just take it in and get it fixed.

It's at the shop, still waiting on info from them.

My car has had a very very very minimal oil leak for...well lets see.... bought it in 2012..leak spotted in 2013.... 5 years.

Bullet dodged, last dealer oil change installed to washer/gasket on the drain plug. Don't know why it waited so long to leak, problem solved with a "sorry, our fault" from the dealer as well. Happy ending, as far as I'm concerend!

why not just do the oil changes yourself???

its literally the easiest thing you could possibly do.


i would never let anyone work on my car, unless it is something very major that i cant do.

Well, PetrolioBenzina, I'm glad that the leak was an easy fix.

However, I'm gonna hafta give you a :slap: for not checking that first off - before you went wolf crying OIL LEAK here on the forum.

:D


humfrz

Allow me to respond for ol @PetrolioBenzina.

You see, Twin-Dragons, ol PetrolioBenzina lives in Oregon.

Hell, they won't even let them pump their own gas in Oregon.

Now, he being in Oregon, the environmentally correct state, he has several constraints on changing his own oil.

* what to do with the old oil? How to safely transport it to a recycling center?

* used engine oil is a carcinogen (according to the folks in CA), therefore he would have to have a hazmat suit to handle it.

* disposing of the empty oil cans is a problem - they would have to be triple rinsed before recycling. Then what is he to do with the rinsate?

* and there is the oil soaked rags - they cannot be put in the trash to contaminate the land fills.

* the disposal of the old oil filter is a major problem - it cannot be effectively rinsed.

See, for some of us, it ain't all that easy.


:D


humfrz

Plus, I don't have a garage unless I use my sisters, and that's hard to do. Plus, I don't have the tools to get the thing off the ground. Plus, I'd rather have a record of maintenance at the dealer in case there are issues like an oil leak while still under warranty.

I do, however, drive to WA and pump my own gas when I'm not using E.

Edit: I do admit I failed in not thinking of the drain plug first. I blame this forum for that. :bonk:

You spend too much time on here making sense. My first thought was "Drain plug? Nah. It's Petro."

I keep bringing mine to the dealer for the record of maintenance too.
Also at $25 for a synthetic oil change on Sundays, why bother when they do it for less than cost of the oil and filter?

I have my oil changed also.

Why? Because I'm old and lazy - :D


humfrz

that's stupid cheap. my dealer is cheaper than anywhere else around @ 75 bucks. even the jiffylube crap places end up being more than that lol.

Well, Decep, ol @Impureclient didn't say they changed his oil and filter for new oil and a new filter - :iono:


:lol:


humfrz

something about that garage looks really sinister and unsettling haha. is that where jimmy hoffa is interred?

:lol: Why would you come to a thread to talk down to someone else getting service done? Feel free to enjoy doing DIY oil changes.

I change my own oil because I run e85 and change it more often, but don't feel the need to question others going to the dealer. Also a solid service record is worth a lot if you ever sell a car, or if you want warranty work done in the future.

Thanks. I think...

You got it. :cheers: