Re: synthetic oil and leaks...

["Ron Buchalski" <rbuchals@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

What a coincidence!  How much do you trust your mechanic?  Go underneath the 
car with a socket and torque wrench and tighten up the bolts holding the oil 
pan onto the engine block.  That may be all that you need.

Now, you don't suppose that the mechanic loosened up any bolts, do you?

I recently bought a '93 525iT with 53k miles and began putting synthetic oil 
into it without any laking problems.  I also own an '85 318i and began 
putting synthetic oil into it at around 60k miles (1990), and it didn't have 
any leaking problems, either.

- -rb

>
>Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:50:52 EDT
>From: JBHashem@domain.elided
>Subject: synthetic oil and leaks...
>
>My 95 525iA suddenly leaks a bit around the oil pan gasket, could this be
>caused by synthetic oil?  Here is a little background:  In all the 70k 
>miles
>I put on this car, it has never once leaked a drop of oil.  I took it in to
>my mech for an oil change and a "once over".  He used synthetic oil and 
>told
>me that I would need an oil pan gasket soon.  Wouldn't you know it, it
>started to leave few drops on the ground the very next day.  All in all it 
>is
>a small amount, but annoying to have little spots around.  I understand 
>these
>are a pain in the A$$ to replace too...any help is greatly 
>appreciated...John
>


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