It looks like it cried or had a bad bloody nose all the way to where you parked it! That can't be good!
I'm posting here so my signature makes it into this thread.
Hah. This time splashy splashy when I turned her on
The oil change was three months ago. The filter cap is clean
here is what thr tubing part looks like. Might be leaking from one on left
this is what new part looks like. Nice solid metal. This is an Internet pic. Hoping that's the problem
Good news, sunglasses were in my gym shoes in my bag. Had gone through the bag three times, but not the shoes
update: it was indeed the oil line. $550 for parts labor and tax. Could be worse
Good news, sunglasses were in my gym shoes in my bag. Had gone through the bag three times, but not the shoes
update: it was indeed the oil line. $550 for parts labor and tax. Could be worse
Best case? That part is under $75 shipped from RockAuto. Jackstands, wrenches, an afternoon, and a beer.....
But, yeah, $550 and clean hands is A-OK, too!
Please tell me that license plate is real
update: it was indeed the oil line. $550 for parts labor and tax. Could be worse
Best case? That part is under $75 shipped from RockAuto. Jackstands, wrenches, an afternoon, and a beer.....
But, yeah, $550 and clean hands is A-OK, too!
Guess what I get to replace today?
Wifey came Friday after driving all over hell and said, can you look at my car? It smells funny.
She was confident no warning lights had been displayed on the dash.
I popped the hood and the normally dryer than a popcorn fart Toyota 3.5L V6, that has given us almost 200K trouble free miles, was covered in oil. Just from sitting in the garage for a few minutes, the car had left an outline on the garage floor from the oil dripping off its perimeter.
It was then I remember this thread on the INGO.
I knew Toyota/ Lexus had a known issue with this, but I was sure I was OK because our Lexus had a recall and they replaced some rubber oil lines with shiny new metal ones. Turns out there were two sets of rubber oil lines and only one set had a recall.
Pulling the dipstick revealed a couple of lonely drops of oil at its very tip...
But after wiping and re-checking it, nada, zero, zilch.
Pulling the plastic off underneath allowed some oil to run out onto the floor...
And allowed me to see the two remaining rubber lines that was sure I didn't have...
I dumped in the two quarts of oil I had laying around and had the wife start it up. Engine sounded normal. No knocking, ticking, etc. Just a tiny jet of oil shooting out of the one hose at very high velocity.
We have enough vehicles that it wasn't an emergency, so I just order up parts from Amazon that should be waiting when I get home. Just wish I had AC in the garage today. And in my truck for the ride home.
That sucks but at least it didn't have any abnormal noises on start up after adding oil.