20vt Oil Leak

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <359FAB05.308B@ix.netcom.com> Wolff writes:

> I parked the '91 200 with the nose slightly elevated in a driveway
> yesterday and moments later saw a 6" wide spot of oil under it. Not
> good. I crawled under there and there was oil all down the drivers side
> of the pan more towards the front. Some of the oil had blown back onto
> the exhaust. When idling it didn't seem to be leaking. I'm thinking that
> it has a leak in a place that allows the oil to accumulate externally
> and when the car tilted up in the driveway, the oil ran off quickly.
> Could it be as "simple" as a pan gasket or might I be looking at a front
> seal or oil pump?

The usual culprit for a one-off 'dump' of a small quantity of oil is
the cam cover gasket.  'Small' in this context is any quantity that
doesn't show up on the dipstick.

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