Cascade Crew

[Mouthwas]

I have a camaro 1991 RS + , v6, 3.1L...

It has around 170k,000 miles on it i purchased it from some guy on craigslist for about 1,000usd.

Only 3 problems,


I. whenever you drive along time, let's say 20minutes, you can see a little bit of burnt oil smoke coming from underneath the hood. and it smells like burnt oil and crap.

II. Second problem is it just started today, Whenever i drive i hear a clicking sound from the engine, and when i press pedal down more, the clicking increases.

III. I floored the car, got up to around 50 and it shifted into 60mph and was kinda of a loud shift.. didn't sound to goood... normal for these?


What you should know about me:

My second car, I know minimal about cars, the only thing I have done was change a crankshaft positioning sensor and a fuel pump.. I have not done anyything else extreme..

So please try to help me, Thanks!!!!!


I appreciate every comment, if you just read this and about to click the back button,please just comment your thoughts/ideas i need to know! Thanks..

I also live in Washington.. (around Tacoma/Puyallup ) Hoping maybe somone around here would come down over and take a look of the car for me.

Also, MY INFL Code stays on, I think I need to reset it, also does that mean that the call got in a wreck before?

[Al Hasse]

To me it possibly sounds like an oil leak where the oil is finding it's way to the exhaust manifold (the burning smell). Being low on oil, one or more of your hydraulic lifters is possibly loose. I would check around the valve covers and distributor for possible leaks, and if necessary, change valve cover gaskets and/or distributor o-ring.

Someone more knowledgeable than me will chime in.

BTW, welcome to the crew.

[Darbbackwords]

I am going to vote valve cover as well. It doesn't take much of a leak if its falling straight onto the exhaust manifold to make a really bad oil burning smell.

Ticking probably is a lifter, but have you tried using premium gas, it might be detonation.

once again, someone smarter then me will likely chime in soon.

~Brad

[Twilightoptics]

Oil Pressure Sending Unit it where I look first.

[aaron_sK]

Gotta pull codes, then wipe it, then drive it and see what comes back. Codes have no correlation to any wreck, they are merely engine diagnostics.

Oil leak could be valve covers onto exhaust, intake manifold or dizzy seal onto block, or (as Paul mentioned) oil sender onto block. Have to take a look at it while it's hot to see where the smoke is coming from.

My guess on the clicking would be an exhaust leak at the manifolds. Al could be right about a lifter, but lifter noise would increase with engine RPM, not engine load.

If you aren't busy Saturday, bring the car up to Tacoma. We're meeting up at James' house to take a look at John's crapped-up starter, and a few other things.

BTW, you got PM.

[iansane]

Welcome to the crew dude. These guys are probably on the right track. There really is only a few places to be leaking oil around a 3.1. If I recall, isn't the 3.1 prone to valve cover/intake leaks? Or is that the 3.8? Oh well. If there's already a ton of oil down there that you can't steam clean/pressure wash off you can get some of that UV dye at any autoparts store along with the glasses to pinpoint the leak.

Aaron, INFL is the airbag light I would presume. Not that you've had any thirdgen new enough to have an airbag.

[91RSVert]

Ian is correct, the 6/60 is very prone to valve cover leaks. Very poor design. The ticking is likely the lack of oil to your lifters or rockers. Could be exhaust though.

Loud noise on shifting. I'm assuming 5sp? I would check the transmission mount first. Very known problem. Then I would check fluid level inside the case.

[aaron_sK]

[Mouthwas]

Ok guys, thanks for the replies!!!!

But I currently have to find were the oil is leaking before I assume you guys can help anymore, I just am not sure were to look! Should I look on the sides of the engine and the oil pan? If the oil pan was leaking tho wouldn't my oil gauge show no oil and I would see alot of oil underneath car??


Also is it okay if I take a video of car engine and post it on youtube and you can help me that way?

Also I am going to pm to your post aaron_sK thx

[aaron_sK]

[iansane]

[flea]

Hmm what did you say something ian

[iansane]

Nope. Nothing at all.

When I was at the stealership we went through at least a case of that dye a week.

[aaron_sK]

[iansane]

Dude. It's Tacoma. 85% of the cars didn't have enginebays, they had compartments that they kept sludge covered hamsterwheels. Some of that shizzle was THICK. One caprice (big surprise) literally raised up after the detail guys hosed off a hundred or so pounds of sludge from the motor.

[91RSVert]

[Mouthwas]

[RSFreak]