i'm losing oil

thinking the problem was solved, i drove it pretty hard this morning taking my son to his track meet. it was pulling hard and seemed to be running great, but when we got off the highway, i discovered that it was smoking.

there was oil all over the back of the engine on the driver's side, on the transmission and exhaust, all the way back to the exhaust. the passenger's side dry.

i suspect it is coming out of the lower near the corner where the valley, from here:


i probably didn't put enough RTV in the corner when i installed it.

the wierd thing is my oil level hadn't gone down hardly at all, so i checked the blower oil level, which was 100% fine.

94TURBO5 O said:

These were the symptons I had. If the oil level is fine in the blower then you're good.
If you don't use enough rtv on the lower intake for the end seals or there is a bubble in it then it will leak like a mofo under boost. Use some black rtv silicone.

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oh. i didn't realize it was acting like that the whole time you had it. i thought you had it for a while and then it went south.

i'm going to ask my mechanic to take care of it this time. it is going in on monday. i don't have the time right now to do it all again.