Alright well I hate to be here but here I am.
Today i started noticing large amount of oil under my 97 lx450. The truck has always leaked a here and there but never this bad, seems to be spraying oil all over the axle and shocks and even after only being parked less then 20 minutes considering amounts has dropped underneath. Oil appears to be coming under the valve cover where the spark plug cover is but also seems to be all over the front of the engine and the entire underside is soaked. Am I looking at the typical oil leak places like valve cover gaskets, oil pump, distributor, front main seal. Or should I be looking for something more substantial. The truck is my primary vehicle so it’s definitely not an ideal thing to be happening but it’s bad enough I’m going to park the truck until I get this sorted. Could this be a result of an oil filter seal failing? Just seems to be so excessive so quickly I’m not quite sure what could cause this. Any help is super appreciated. Thanks
Today i started noticing large amount of oil under my 97 lx450. The truck has always leaked a here and there but never this bad, seems to be spraying oil all over the axle and shocks and even after only being parked less then 20 minutes considering amounts has dropped underneath. Oil appears to be coming under the valve cover where the spark plug cover is but also seems to be all over the front of the engine and the entire underside is soaked. Am I looking at the typical oil leak places like valve cover gaskets, oil pump, distributor, front main seal. Or should I be looking for something more substantial. The truck is my primary vehicle so it’s definitely not an ideal thing to be happening but it’s bad enough I’m going to park the truck until I get this sorted. Could this be a result of an oil filter seal failing? Just seems to be so excessive so quickly I’m not quite sure what could cause this. Any help is super appreciated. Thanks