So my G is an 03 with 141k on the clock. I used it for one season of autocross and apparently that was a little much for her. In that time I developed oil leaks from my oil cooler (which is still leaking after replacing the o-ring), The oil pan gasket, and most recently the rear main seal. All of these leaks where small until Monday when I took the car out for the first time in about a week to run some errands. The car wasn't driven hard that day but after it sat over night it had a puddle under it over a foot in diameter. Haven't been able to look but it seemed to be in about the right spot for rear main. Am I alone on this or are other peoples G's spilling thier guts too?

 

I've heard of very few oil leaks on our motor - I have 166K on my G now and no oil leaks so far.

 

Must have got a crappy one, lemon or something. Anyways sorry for the huge delay, got under the car and it is not the rear main leaking it is the lower oil pan gasket. It was rtv when pulled it off and I relplaced it with rtv.. twice.. used two different types, neither fixed the problem. Replaced again last night with preformed gasket, no effect. No visible damage to mating surfaces, I just end up with the same two drips from the gasket every time. Im at a total loss, any ideas at all?

 

Anyone got any idea what this might be?

 

Is thier excess smoke from tailpipe when idling ? It may be a problem with PCV valve. If valve is clogged or not opening it will cause the crankcase to pressurize leading to seal leakage, this is real problem with FI

 

are you following the FSM as far as torque ?

It is definetely odd that this is happening so much at so many places - excess pressure does fit the bill. Have you changed out the PCV valve? If not, do it. Its a $10-12 part even at the dealership.

 

Did you check the valve gasket? A sticky thread says you can easily verify by pulling your plugs and checking for oil.

 

any update here?

 

Doubtful you got a lemon. More likely, you got a car that was beat on before you bought it and you also were driving it hard.

It's got 141K on it dude. That ain't no spring chicken.

 

Same thing happened to me right after I bought mine. 04 with 96k. Replaced the rear main for a cool thousand and new o-ring on the cooler and new pan gasket. all good since then. maybe a half a quart loss over 3000 miles but no puddles or even drips.