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Old 06-16-2017, 03:17 PM
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my 1999 buick has developed an oil leak that i can not find, it is on the water pump side of the engine, the belts are not wet but below the power steering pump it is very saturated with oil, i am losing a quart of oil every 2 days, is possible that the timing chain has become so loose that it has worn a hole on the timing chain cover? and how long is the timing chain itself good for, i have 200,000 on the engine, it looks has though i might have to pull the engine just to find the leak.
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Oil pressure sensor is known to leak.
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Agree....that'* where I would be looking first.....comes right out of the harness.....
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did not mean to confuse any one, I made a reply to mike about ICM, but I also made a new thread about oil consumption on the Chevy pick up trucks that I had a question about, it seems that from 2008 to 2014 GM had problems with truck engines burninig oil and fouling the plugs and was wondering if GM solved the problem?
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Oil pressure sensor is known to leak.
thanks for helping me out with the oil pressure sending unit, replaced it and no more oil leak
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you can delete the one about the oil leak, thanks again for everyones help, Kahplah' (that means success in klingon)
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