oil leak

[jaystone10]

Have a good oil leak and was thinking of pressuring up with air compressor through the drain plug is this a good idea or bad
was thinking around 10 psi to 40
2000 z71 5.3L

[2000CAYukon]

Originally Posted by jaystone10

Have a good oil leak and was thinking of pressuring up with air compressor through the drain plug is this a good idea or bad
was thinking around 10 psi to 40
2000 z71 5.3L

Bad idea. You will push oil up into the intake and that is not good.

A better idea is use a dye and ultraviolet light. This is a good article on finding oil leaks http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...tml?page=2&c=y

//2000CAYukon

[gremlin96]

use simple green cleaner, hot water and a parts brush. clean all the oil off every thing then let the truck dry realy good. the leak will show its self.