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arasada srikanth Posted on Mar 06, 2014

Smoke from hood and seen oil spillover in engine compartment

I suddenly see small amount of Shake coming from engine bay and observed oil spilled all over near the radiator area. Not sure what the problem is. Please advise me.

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It could be an oil leak from a gasket sealing one part to another or oil could be blowing out the oil filler cap. This means the rings or pistons are leaking pressure due to a damaged piston or worn or broken rings. The engine will need to be worked on by removing parts to see the cause. You could add an image to make it easier to diagnose the problem.

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  • Posted on Jan 17, 2009

SOURCE: 2003 Neon SXT Tranny Oil In Radiator

I'm not possitive but there is usually a vent tube on top of the transmission, may be possible that dirt or something is clogging it up. That would cause the tranny to build up pressure. But to blow the seal on a new radiator, I wouldn't imagine that. My opinion would be that the new radiator wasn't put together correctly. But just in case the vent tube did cause it to let go, check the vent. I hope that you find the problem. Best wishes.

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  • Posted on Apr 14, 2009

SOURCE: i have an 85 porsche 944 ...smoke, oil, bad engine temp

Sounds like a warped head.

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  • Posted on Jun 19, 2009

SOURCE: smells like burning oil, oil is running out under

Most likely cause is a leak in the valve cover gasket. Under pressue, a good sized leak will spurt and burn off on the manifuld, causing the smell of burning oil you're getting. This also would cause the presence of oil throughout the engine compartment. Best of luck on your problem.
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  • Posted on Jul 29, 2009

SOURCE: 1995 jeep cherokee overheating...oil getting into coolant system.

try changing head gasket and this may sort your prob. could poss be a cracked head though

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  • Posted on Sep 29, 2009

SOURCE: smoking caddy van 1.9 tdi

Check the oil fill cap and the radiator cap, see if you have a milky scum accumulation on either one, can indicate a blown head gasket or a cracked cylinder where the oil is burning and allowing water intothe hot cylinder which causes white smoke to be emmitted from tailpipe.

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