Monday, August 23, 2010

Help with car oil leak and how to stop it?

i have a vw and i found were an oil leak is coming from it is next /under the cap were u pour the oil in so on the side there is a plug kinda thing (that is were it leaks from) that has like a wire coming out of it and runs across to the other side almost by were the accelerator is at any idea what it is or how to stop the leak thxHelp with car oil leak and how to stop it?
The thing with the wire is the oil pressure sensor and they are notorious for leaking. If you can unscrew it and wrap some teflon tape arounf the thread and screw it back it may stop the leak. BUT the sensors themselves often leak so you may need a new one--just a few dollars.The wore is a push-on connector. It is also possible oil is coming up around the distributor right nearby. There is an inexpensive rubber ring on the distributor which can be replaced.Help with car oil leak and how to stop it?
Check to see if the plug is bad or if it is just not connected correctly.

At construction site,for a injury[wound not exposed] to stop pain break oil of vehicle are applied is it ok?

NO!! That's ridiculous. There is nothing in brake fluid that will help and it may contain toxic materials that could be absorbed through the skin. That is a very, very stupid thing to do.At construction site,for a injury[wound not exposed] to stop pain break oil of vehicle are applied is it ok?
break oil is for vehicle,why would you put it to your body are you bionic?the break oil will be absorb by your skin creating much trouble to your skin,liver or kidney.use hot or cold compress instead

Can I use an oil additive to stop my rear main seal leak?

I have a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited with a 5.2 liter V8. It has 167,000 miles on it. My rear main seal is leaking a little. No oil had touched the drive way but you can see that oil is slowly but surely leaking out around the seal. I can either get it repaired this week or try Bars leak rear main seal repair. I dont mind going the cheap route but I dont want to end up with more problems than I already have. Will this formula really work to stop my leak?Can I use an oil additive to stop my rear main seal leak?
It may slow it down. The only true fix is to replace the seal.Can I use an oil additive to stop my rear main seal leak?
For awhile it might. These products often work by softening the seal allowing it to maintain better contact with the rear main bearing. At best this is a temporary fix.
No, It might help alittle but what other problems might it cause to .
I've used it in tens of motors without any problems later.It seems to be one of those myths that it doesn't work judging by the answers here.The last time someone asked that same question all the internet mechanics said that it hardens the seals later.A good product is called Main-Sta.It dried up all the seals in my 1993 Grand Cherokee 5.2L.That was 10 years ago and 100,000 miles later still no leaks.
no, it';s a waist of money,have it replaced .
Most ';stop leak'; products are meant as a temporary fix at best. They are designed to allow you to drive the vehicle for a short period of time until you can get it fixed properly. If you are financially able and willing to have the vehicle's leak repaired this week, I'd skip the additives and just have it fixed asap. Good luck!
Nope, They haven't figured out how to get a mechanic in the can yet. Do not add the stop leak, it will do more harm than good, it will soften the seal chemically and cause it to expand. It also degrades the seal material. It will only cause premature failure of the seal. Plus it will react on all the engine oil seals causing the valve guide seals , front crankshaft seal and others to start leaking prematurely.





If it's not dripping the seal is probably OK, There is an amount of ';normal'; weepage from any rotating shaft seal. If a shop is trying to sell you the rear main job, get another opinion. Maybe things were slow, Christmas is coming the guy needs the money, His kids need shoes. He's thinking he needs it more than you, you're thinking different.





Oil stop leak is a waste of money and if it's really leaking you will still be contaminating the ground as you drive. You'll have to get it done. Trans has to come out.

What will happen if Muslims stop buying us&israeli products&stop selling them oil?

Why muslims buy (made in usa %26amp; made in israel )products and give our money to them to kill us with it?


Why muslim countries dont stop selling OIL to usa%26amp;israel,that they use to fuel their warplanes and tanks to kill us with?


I think if more than 1bilion Muslim stoped buying anything from usa and stop taking any aid from them, and in the same time stoped selling them our OIL,then their economy will suffer%26amp; only then they will stop their agression against Muslims and give us back our lands %26amp; rights .


And in the same time their is a lot of other alternatives for us to buy our needs from (like china , india,,,,,etc) .


but they dont have alternatives for OUR oil,and without it ,their economy wont run!What will happen if Muslims stop buying us%26amp;israeli products%26amp;stop selling them oil?
We have already done it and it works.


Iran didn't / doesn't sell oil and gas to US companies directly (Perhaps they buy our oil and gas of other brokers) also we don't buy anything of them for more than 27 years.


Usually, US threats other independent countries to boycotting them and I can tell you, we don't have any problem.


Actually, these situations are became us more independent.


Recently, Iran is going to sell its oil and gas with other currencies, such as Euro, etc. This act can involve US aggressive policy with some new troubles ;)





Iran didn't / doesn't accredit Israel. We don't accredit any other country in that region except of Palestine. So Iran didn't / doesn't have any business with Israelis.


Iran ignored them for ever.





Also, US invaded and occupied Iraq just for oil and control over ';Persian Gulf'; as a strategic place where some oil and gas producers are there.


Obviously they want to have enough control over oil producers and oil consumers, including China, India, Japan, Korea, Western European countries, etc.What will happen if Muslims stop buying us%26amp;israeli products%26amp;stop selling them oil?
As Americans, we begin tapping our reserves and our own rich oil supply. When that was brought up recently the Arab leaders were over here begging us not to. Its a two way street. You think Americans are bad, wait until you're controlled by a communist country. tee hee......have at it.
well bcoz we(muslims!) have to....i am a quite realistic guy and a firm believer in superiority of west in science,philosophy,art and manufacturing....so just suppose that if muslims stop buying westerm products;what would be the repercussions for them,particularly the dumb species of middle east...since its now a universal fact that arabs are intellectualy the most inferior race on planet earth,keeping in mind that they couldn,t even extract oil from their lands(US,France,GB and Germany started this task in early 20th century)and having abundant resources and wealth dont produce a single damn product of some worth....these pathetic arabs would be the 1st casuality of this DESIRED boycott and would have to switch to camels for transportation....i am in favour of having a conducive enviorenment between east and west to achieve some degree of peace and harmony....i am pretty much sure this question was posted by some dumb arab.
we will build an oil platform 12 miles off the coast in international waters and take ';our'; oil. Just what lands and rights have we taken? Did you cheer when the twin towers fell? You brought the war to us! It was your moronic jihadists that you can blame for every death by accident, combat or terrorism. Your whole economy is based on America BUYING your oil. You would be living in a mud hut in a month, although you probably already are. Your monarch, king or royal family wouldnt do it because of their own wealth.


You dont want America fighting in your lands? Then do something about the terrorists instead of cheering them on.


In this day and age of reason even you cant truly believe that your God condones what you do.
I am a US citizen and have lived in the middle east for nearly 2 years. All you have to do is go to the shopping malls and see that 90% of the things for sale (clothes, automobiles, appliances, computers, software,etc.) are made in the west. Heck, with the exception of dates and lambs the USA feeds most of the middle east and the world! And let's talk about drinking water.... If we hadn't designed, built and maintained the desalination plants in the middle east, you would be hurting for water. I suggest we start selling you water at say, $7.00 a gallon or exchanging 1 barrel of water for 1 barrel of oil and see which country's economy prospers. And I have some more news for you...without the US/western spare parts for your military and civilian equipment you would be back in the age of the horse and buggy. Also, no one is forcing any of the 1 billion Muslims you mention to take American aid. Feel free to turn it down down next time some one offers it. And finally, why is it that none of your ARAB brothers from Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc. have donated 300,000 square kilometers of their country's land to to crate a new Palestine? It all comes down to greed and maintaining their own power, right?
Demand for carpets and bacon will drop. So what.
Ha ha ha. You are ignorant. Without the income from the US, what would happen to the economies of these Middle Eastern countries?





Tell you what, why don't you stop buying American products? Let us all know how your boycott goes.





By the way, I recently started drinking Carlsberg beer ;-)
Greed drives everybody and especially the muslims
If middle eastern countries stopped selling oil to the U.S. than that would cripple middle eastern economies (since most of their oil comes to the U.S.) and the U.S. would start getting oil from somewhere else.





The boycott of U.S. products by middle eastern countries would not be enough to cause any major changes in the U.S. economy.





For one thing, the U.S. produces very few physical products anymore. The U.S. economy is service rather than product based.





The majority of the services sold to people in the middle east are sold to the members of the Royal families in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. It is highly unlikely that the Royals are going to give up the services that they receive here.
You are not too smart. I wish you wouldn't buy our products. I wish we wouldn't buy your oil. Although we really don't need to buy your oil or don't need you to buy our products.





Great idea.
They claim to hate us, but love the American Dollar, how hypocritical!
I agree with you


but the point is why the arabic leaders (saudi,kuwaith,UEA,jordan,egypt, and other) are so dumb and buy US and israel products and sell them oil


I think we all should personally prevent ourselves from buying Israel,US products


Oh, by the way, i need lists of us, israel products or company that support israel?





Long Live Muslim!
great let us start today see who suffers the most
we'll just have to bomb 'em back to the stone age and take it

I'm trying to stop smoking weed oil

ive also tried getting addicted to cigarettes and cigars but i really cant get hooked on that. I'm trying to stop smoking weed oil
I'm totally blown away...do you have a question in specific?


Any chronic airway irritant you're exposed to is extremely detrimental to the normal function of your lungs. Please do what you can to not become addicted, this is your body telling you to stop!


God bless.
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  • Do oil companies really believe we are stupid? Will we ever stop getting screwed at the pumps?

    Nope, just keep bending over. What was ExxonMobil's profit last year? $38 billion?Do oil companies really believe we are stupid? Will we ever stop getting screwed at the pumps?
    They don't think we are stupid, they KNOW we don't have much choice in the matter. They are not regulated anymore, ( They used to be ). As long as we have this Administration in power at the White House, we are putty in their hands, or dollars in their pockets.Do oil companies really believe we are stupid? Will we ever stop getting screwed at the pumps?
    Thank Bush for it all hahahahaha...but to answer your question: no, they do not think we are stupid--we are the consumers, and secondly, we won't always be screwed at the pumps because we will nationally switch to hybridization and such..................
    Its simple supply vs. demand. We really are stupid if you think about, most people are extremely dumb when it comes to money.
    Prices are a mechanism to control a scarce resource. We think the oil companies make large profits and they do. However, much of the money comes back into the economy via different ways. They spend the money and keeps some in the bank. most are actaully not very bright when it comes to dealing with the economy.
    The goverment is making all the money. Oil companies keep 10 cents on the gallon.
    Fact is petroleum is getting scarcer. There is nowhere for prices to go but up, over the next decade or so. The USA and Australia still have relatively cheap fuel by world standards. Even at US$5.00 per US gallon it would be cheaper than many European prices now.
    YES. NO.
    Big Oil's got to make money too. Don't forget that some of the refineries are down and the mess in the Middle East. Get a smaller, more fuel efficient car. I drive a '99 Cavalier that gets about 26 mpg

    Brown's plan to lower oil prices by increasing North Sea production. Like eating the seed to stop the famine?

    I'm no enemy of Brown. But surely you don't solve an oil crises by scrapping the bottom of the barrel further - it will only bring the end of British oil sooner.





    Strikes me like a farmer filling his hungry belly by eating up all his seeds for next year's crop.





    Discuss.Brown's plan to lower oil prices by increasing North Sea production. Like eating the seed to stop the famine?
    You've answered your own question better than I couldBrown's plan to lower oil prices by increasing North Sea production. Like eating the seed to stop the famine?
    Gordon Brown said yesterday that the Labour Party is doing everything it can to ease the problem.





    ';Lads, can you pump a bit more oil?'; - seems to me that if that's everything he can do we have a more serious problem than I thought we did!!





    The problem (forgive me if I'm wrong) is not that there isn't enough oil it's that he taxes it too much - maybe instead of his (in)action to date he might like to think about reducing the tax on oil.





    Can't afford to?


    Low unemployment (he said) = less unemployment benefits


    Less smokers = less cost to the NHS (he said)


    Oil prices increase = more VAT for the Government


    Ten years of ';reducing waste in Government'; (he said) = billions to spare





    Come on, Gordon; what's the next excuse for mismanagement going to be????
    Feckin strange this comment by Brown - especially when 60% of current North Sea production is being exported!!!!
    I thought there was hardly anything left in the north sea.
    Good old Gordon Brown. Cheerfully ignoring the issue that affects everyone right now for something that will affect us in the future. Getting extra oil out of the North Sea will not lower prices. The amount of overproduction that could be supplied will not even begin to dent the world market.





    I'm surprised, really. Given that the government justifies fuel tax by calling it a tax on carbon emmisions, I'm amazed that they're encouraging oil production.





    Given that up where my parents live petrol was, a month ago, 拢1.32 per litre and is probably more now, I'm sure the locals will be utterly delighted that Brown's great idea is not to reduce tax on fuel but to increase production... which will do precisely f' all for anyone except the government.





    Funnily enough, the oil he's busily getting out will create millions more in tax paid directly into the Treasury. But will the Chancellor cut fuel tax? Will he shite. He'll delay his two pence on a litre tax rise for a while and claim it's highly generous. Then he'll shove it on later as quietly as possible
    You should leave no well untapped.
    Instead of increasing production we should stop selling it abroad,It belongs to the UK.
    We suffer the same mentality here in the U.S.A. They want to drill in Alaska. Like that's really going to help.


    You're right. It's scrapping the bottom of the barrel.
    When it is boiled down!It is this political cretin Gordon Brown trying to look good on the National and International scene!You can only ease the oil problem when!The Middle East and Venezuala boost production and the US dollar goes up in value!I agree with the questioner!He is approaching in his usual way!Wrong!!
    The point is that there is NO shortage of crude oil in the world


    at the moment. There ARE supply issues, with countries like


    Nigeria and Venezuela and there is a chronic shortage of refinery capacity. There are also many other factors affecting price, but in the case of the PM, like Tesco, every little helps!