So glad to be back under the car tonight ...

flynlady said

For the first time in over 2 weeks!!!! She's been in the shop to find oil leaks. Took them that long to tell me they would charge me over $500 to change the fuel and oil pump gaskets and oil pan gasket. Now we get to make the repairs laying on our backs under the car...LOVE IT!!

Told my husband tonight that he has created a monster. I surprised myself with how much I missed it!

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Hi flynlady,

Im glad to hear of a lady having fun with old cars, its a cool hobby.

Usually i clean the engine and motor compartment of grease and caked up oil to find leaks, plus it helps get rid of the crusties that inevitably end up in your eyes when you end up under the car to fix the leaks you found. On these older all or mostly steel engines what works the best is actually a cheapo foaming oven cleaner. Warm the engine up , then hose it down with the oven cleaner, and scrub at the thicker deposits and reapply if needed. I use a power washer on the engine afterwards to remove all the greasy chunks.

Then drive the car around, and you can see where the fresh oil.is leaking from. The only thing with the oven cleaners that sucks is that since they are caustic, they will discolor aluminum so cover those parts up with plastic, or dont spray them down with this stuff.

Cheaper and better at removing grease than engine cleaners though, and it doesnt leave any oily residue, in case you want to repaint and detail your engine.

Just my .02
Matt