Oil Issue and Questions

cgreiner · 09-20-2008, 12:15 PM

So - for starters the car is an 87 turbo.

It seams I "may" have a small engine oil leak somewhere. I say "may" because two mechanics have not noticed it, but the guy changing the oil did think there was a leak. (I know - I should'nt be so lazy and do it myself)

I figured he was wrong, but my oil pressure has seemed to be running a bit low lately. At warm idle I am at about 5 PSI and at high RPMS I run up to about 20. I am running Mobil 1 Synthetic blend and using a K&N filter. Is this pressure accurate??? The manual says 0-20 at idle and 20-40 when driving.

Also, I want to check my oil level but am cursed with one of those blasted round oil dipsticks. I seems to remember a post about a trick to reading those, Anyone have a link?

If there is a leak, I am going to go and get a leak detector kit with dye and black light to try to locate. But, any opinion of stop leak additives for a short term repair? I do not want to cause major damage or catastrophic failure one day.

09-20-2008, 12:15 PM	#1
cgreiner 3" Exhaust Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 63	Oil Issue and Questions So - for starters the car is an 87 turbo. It seams I "may" have a small engine oil leak somewhere. I say "may" because two mechanics have not noticed it, but the guy changing the oil did think there was a leak. (I know - I should'nt be so lazy and do it myself) I figured he was wrong, but my oil pressure has seemed to be running a bit low lately. At warm idle I am at about 5 PSI and at high RPMS I run up to about 20. I am running Mobil 1 Synthetic blend and using a K&N filter. Is this pressure accurate??? The manual says 0-20 at idle and 20-40 when driving. Also, I want to check my oil level but am cursed with one of those blasted round oil dipsticks. I seems to remember a post about a trick to reading those, Anyone have a link? If there is a leak, I am going to go and get a leak detector kit with dye and black light to try to locate. But, any opinion of stop leak additives for a short term repair? I do not want to cause major damage or catastrophic failure one day.