Yesterday I was driving my car and I smelt burning oil through the ventilation of the a/c and today in the morning when I backed my car out of the garage there was a big puddle of oil on the ground. I checked all the clamps and hoses underneath my car near the turbo and the oil pan and it seems like everything is fine. I don't know where the leaking is coming from. I'm guessing the oil return line but I'm not sure. The leaking seems to stop after awhile when the car is parked so I'm guessing the oil only leaks when the car is driven and there is pressure. Can anyone help me or give me an idea whats wrong?

 

Check:
1. The oil sending unit.
2. The oil feed line to the turbo.
3. The oil return line from the turbo.
4. The oil return line where it is tapped into the oil pan.

Same thing happened to me and it was the oil sending line at the turbo. . .

Good luck.

 

drive around for a while, then pull your car in the garage. have a cardboard flat box on the ground and center your engine bay over this. now, come back after a while and observe where it is leaking IF you cant find out where you are leaking by looking around underneath your car. anyways, this should tell you where the oil is coming from. most common leaks are from the oil pressure sending unit, bad seal on oil pan, or a leaky weld for the oil return line coming from the turbo. make sure to check your oil level religiously, the last thing you wanna do is not have enough oil for a turbocharged honda engine. also, make sure you did not burn up your oil return line, i know on my prelude the heat coming from the downpipe and turbo actually burned through the 5/8" oil return line hose and i started leaking oil. good luck

 

Thanks for the help guys

 

did you find out anything yet?

 

I had oil change at a fast lube place and now I am having the same issue. Took car back there and they said it was leaking from sending unit. Is this their fault?

 

bumping an almost 8 year old thread? first post? please dont do that.