98 Bonneville 3800 Oil Leak

[5269]

Just noticed a decent oil leak from my girlfriends car. It's a pretty constant drip and left an oil trail when she drove into the garage tonight. I'm not much of a mechanic but it only drips when the car is running. It appears to be on the passenger side of the motor and on the backside. I can't really see where its dripping from.

She has had plenum and various coolant related issues in the past but we thought we finally had this taken care of. Is this oil leak in anyway related to this?

Any ideas on what it may be? Any input would be appreciated.

[DTro]

http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2598906/2001_Impala_Oil_Leak_above_dri

[TruthWalleyes]

check to see if it is coming from the filter or oil plug. can you get under it and id a location?

[Jeremy airjer W]

Oil pressure switch or the filter adapter gasket. Both are in the same area you are describing. If it is dripping you should be able to crawl under the car and se where it is coming from.

[TruthWalleyes]

I was going to mention the oil pressure switch, but it POURS out of there Made the mistake of breaking that off when doing a coolant pump replacement

[Jeremy airjer W]

The switch will drip at first. Eventually if left long enough it will be a steady stream.

[5269]

Thanks for the input guys. I checked it out late last night and I don't think its coming from the filter, seems to be a little higher up. Not sure what a oil pressure switch looks like yet but that could very well be the cause.

Is this something a novice can do with limited tools? Is it a spendy part?

[DTro]

Did you read the link I posted?

You should

[5269]

Yes I read it yesterday before I checked out the car further, at the time I think I thought it was probably something else.

After re-reading it now I see it really pretty much gives me all the pics I need. Gonna give it a try over the weekend.

Thanks DTro