Oil all over engine....Questions.

jtdig64 · 04-08-2002, 09:45 AM

Well, I pulled one of those rookie moves with my car. I added about a quart of oil to my car at the track. Came home and took the car off the trailer and into my office. Came in the next day and there was oil all over the floor. Opened the engine lid and oil all over the engine and the plug wires are soaked. My buddy said that the oil will eat at the rubber insullation on the wires them self and I need to replace them??? Is that right?? Well spent the weekend cleaning and just wondering if I should replace them...
Thanks for the help!!

Targa77 · Targa77's Garage

I believe someone recommended using Simple Green in a spray bottle. Then hose off. About oil ruining the wires, if that were the case, then I would've spent a fortune on wires since I was 16. You could take them off one at a time and clean them with Simple Green and a damp cloth.

Superman · 04-08-2002, 11:21 AM

Clean things up the best you can and don't worry about oil eating your rubber. It's probably not good for it, but the solvent you used to clean them off is probably just as harmful to them. Relax. Replace ignition wires if and when they quit doing a good job of carrying electricity to your spark plugs.

Too much oil in the tank can lead to oil getting into the intake and creating a James Bond "smoke screen" behind you, but it should not have caused oil to be flung around inside your engine compartment and dribbling down to the floor. In order for that to happen, it seems to me that a hose would have to be disconnected or something. Are your breather hoses all still connected and not torn? Between the oil tank and the engine?

jtdig64 · 04-09-2002, 11:56 AM

All the oil ended up in the air box and leaked from there. I have just loaded the car on the trailer and off to gingerman. Will see how it does, I did drain about a quart out so I am right in the middle with the car running.
Thanks for all the help!!

Regards

Slow911 · Slow911's Garage

All the oil ended up in the air box and leaked from there. I have just loaded the car on the trailer and off to gingerman.

...oil all over the engine...sounds like the time I left to cap off...oil everywhere, but a little engine degreaser (some purple stuff that is stronger than Simple Green)

Gingerman....are they having open track time in the evenings now ? what time and days ? I was thinking about going there this saturday for the SpeedTrial event. I was there last Oct and it was a blast !!

Brian