cold weather/oil problem
sarahandgrant
11-29-2006, 10:43 PM
Hi. I am wondering what could be wrong with my pontiac wave/chevy aveo (same car, different name). It has been extremely cold where I live,
-40....brrr. I had an oil change about a month ago to a lighter grade oil in preparation for winter. I have been plugging it in at night. I have let it warm up for about 10 minutes before I do about half an hour of 100km/h driving for about 60kms. I noticed the problem when I would idle at a stop sign, or leave the car running and run into the house. When I got back in the car, there was a burning smell, like oil. Then, last night, when I parked the car in the driveway, I noticed some oil on the snow. I opened the hood, and oil had squirted all over the place: all around the cap and even onto the underside of the hood, and on the ground. I called roadside assistance to take the car to the shop, and the person at the shop said it could be that the last person who changed the oil didn't screw the oil filter back in well enough. Another oppinion was that a vent froze and all the oil came out... Any one know what the problem could be?
-40....brrr. I had an oil change about a month ago to a lighter grade oil in preparation for winter. I have been plugging it in at night. I have let it warm up for about 10 minutes before I do about half an hour of 100km/h driving for about 60kms. I noticed the problem when I would idle at a stop sign, or leave the car running and run into the house. When I got back in the car, there was a burning smell, like oil. Then, last night, when I parked the car in the driveway, I noticed some oil on the snow. I opened the hood, and oil had squirted all over the place: all around the cap and even onto the underside of the hood, and on the ground. I called roadside assistance to take the car to the shop, and the person at the shop said it could be that the last person who changed the oil didn't screw the oil filter back in well enough. Another oppinion was that a vent froze and all the oil came out... Any one know what the problem could be?
Reg Saretsky
11-30-2006, 08:39 PM
which happens.I would change it first, as it is a throw away item.
Hopefully,its not a gasket leak on the engine:eek: :eek: :eek: . or Valve cover...
Oil passages are mostly inturnal,& the filter sounds like the most likely culprit.
Good luck.........
BTW, there was a smug machining fanatic who wrote into the local papers auto advise about the "tap & die rework he did on his oil filters before installing...."
It was pointed out to him that he was loading metal shavings into his engine with every filter change....:evillol: :nono:
Hopefully,its not a gasket leak on the engine:eek: :eek: :eek: . or Valve cover...
Oil passages are mostly inturnal,& the filter sounds like the most likely culprit.
Good luck.........
BTW, there was a smug machining fanatic who wrote into the local papers auto advise about the "tap & die rework he did on his oil filters before installing...."
It was pointed out to him that he was loading metal shavings into his engine with every filter change....:evillol: :nono:
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