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Anonymous Posted on Dec 14, 2012

What is wrong with my 2004 chevolet malibu, its leaking oil tremendously

Its leaking oil, dripping from my oil pan, with no cracks from oil pan also it has oil leakage from front top right side of motor, it has puddle of oil on the ground and your can smell it burning off the motor when you get out

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If this has the v6, it's probably the intake manifold gaskets. This is a super common problem with these. You end getting oil in the cooling system and anti-freeze in the oil, they also leak externally when this happens. I would get it looked at/repaired asap or severe engine damage will result. I've had to replace quite a few over the years.

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Oil leaking top engine on driver side could be oil pump drive gear LARGE O RING.ITS LOCATED UNDER THROTTLE BODY ON TOP INTAKE MANIFOLD.LOOK FOR A BOLT THAT HOLDS DOWN A FLAT METAL CLAMP THAT HOLDING DOWN A ROUND LOOKING THING WHICH IS OIL PUMP DRIVE GEAR THE HOLD DOWN CLAMP LOOK LIKE DISTRIBUTOR HOLD DOWN.

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SOURCE: The front right turn signal on my 2004 Malibu Maxx will not blink

try changing the peanut bulb underneath the main flasher as they should alternate when one is on the other is off & so on..

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SOURCE: 2004 Malibu with broken weld on seat motor

you will have to replace the complete assy. the cheapest way is look for a complete wrecking yard seat, or have yours welded at a local machine shop

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  • Posted on Jun 14, 2009

SOURCE: fluid leaking onto the front passenger side floorboards.

2004 TB 60,000 miles. i was just told that the leaking fluid in my passenger side floorboard was do to a clogged up A/c hose. An A/C works by drying/ removing the moisture from the air inside the vehicle and cooling it. The accumulated fluid is usually evacuated under the vehicle which is what you see when people are stopped at a red light and there is dripping under their car. when a hose is blocked there is a vent that from some reason flows directly into the passenger side floor board. If you can not manually knock loose the block your probably going to have to take it to a mechanic.

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  • Posted on Feb 05, 2009

SOURCE: 2004 Chevy Cavalier Oil leak

Replacing an oil pan gasket on a car shouldn't be too difficult for you, say, about an hour or two. As long as you follow some simple guidelines, the leak should be eliminated. Improper tightening or seating of the gasket material can defeat the purpose of your work. Grab a Haynes manual, or a tech guide for your vehicle, and have it handy.

I would suggest tracking the oil leak to ensure that it's not your front seal on your crankshaft. The amount of oil that you describe sounds like a bit much for an undisturbed oil pan gasket.

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  • Posted on Dec 31, 2008

SOURCE: water leaking behind oil pan on a 95 chevy camaro-3.4L

If I rember correctly, there are two freeze plugs in the back of the block, behind the flywheel. They generally dont go bad often because they are pretty much protected. As that angelo guy said, more likely a hose or rear of intake gasket, but you have to look, from here I can't see it!!!

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