oil everywhere>

allright i just got done being under the hood of my car and ive noticed nice layers of oil building up all over the place, my oil isn't low i checked it, just seems like oils coming out of nowhere, it's not reaching the ground where i park it so either its only leaking from somewhere while im driving or its just not getting all the way to the ground, so here's some pics of where the oil is, anyone seen this before and know maybe where it's coming from? also on a side note i dont know how this ended up like this on my mbc but does this look ok? minus the stupid ass loop that im gonna fix tomarow, can i just run that tube from the manifold to the mbc like that?

heres the lovely oil shots
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/milton666/gst003.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/milton666/gst004.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/milton666/gst005.jpg

and heres the scary one, the evoIII 16G WITH ONLY 1K MILES ON IT, CAKED IN OIL

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/milton666/gst009.jpg


and heres the goofy ass mbc hook up, please tell me its right
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/milton666/gst010.jpg

thnx for your time everyone

I think you have to change the oil cap seal ( most 2g eclipse got oil cap seal leak) do not buy the whole cap, just the seal, and I think you have to change the valve cover gasket too . good luck.

Look for a hairline crack in the valvecover too.

Take your upper timing cover off and look and see if any oil is getting on your timing belt.

what kind of oil do you use ? mobile 1 ?.

thanks for the tips so far ill run down to the mitsu dealership sometime this week and get those seals, dont have time tonight to check if oils in the timimg belts, god i hope not, but will get to it asap. as for type of oil i couldnt tell you without looking at it but i dont think its mobil 1

My oil did the same thing in the middle of valve cover, it was my cap!! I made another seal out of a piece of rubber to dubble it up and never had the problem again. The oil down the side of the valve cover looks like your gasket is bad.

Oh yea btw , if you buy the new seal, just install the new seal over the old seal, it will seal better.

it could also be valve cover gasket... looks like that from the pic by the timming belt... the gasket is kinda peeling away...

check your spark plug seals, buy a new $12 oil cap from mits parts department, wipe all that shit off your valve cover and see if it returns.

yeah i'll throw me :2cents: in...i agree with everyone else...it's either your oil cap seal, or valve cover gasket. or both. go to autozone, get a felpro valve cover gasket for like $35 (includes everything you need), get a new oil cap seal from mitsu, then take off the upper T-belt cover. hope there's not a lot of oil on it.

I have the same problem. oil leakin from somewhere into the pit o the valve cover. i originally looked at the oil cap seal and it looked in secent shape but maybe ill check it out again, change it and get back to you guys.

wow this threads kinda old, but yea laser apexi, mine didnt look bad at all either but it was the cap, i just got a new one from the mitsu dealership, fixed it right up.