ok need help diagnosing oil leakage

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ok so i recently hit something pretty hard and all of a sudden my sr starts leaking oil only when turned on, i went under to look but it didnt look like the oil pan was leaking (no damage anywhere), oil seems to be comming from what seems to be a small hole in the block just above the thing the oil pan is bolted to, i cant see it with my own eyes or take a pic because there is no space but i can kinda stick my pinky in the hole (wont fit completly), and kinda feels tapered in (so its stock like that), im 90% ure its comming out of this hole, but i cant tell too well because everything so oily even after i wiped it.. any1 expiriance anything like this?


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streetbikestunta420 wrote: oil seems to be comming from what seems to be a small hole in the block just above the thing the oil pan is bolted to,
upper oil pan?

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yea but it seems to be comming from a small hole, is there a small hole there? or am i just tripping?

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you cant take a pic even close to where its leaking to get an idea?

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You're gonna have to put that car on jack stands and get under there with a flashlight.

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Metaru_Gia wrote:You're gonna have to put that car on jack stands and get under there with a flashlight.
i got it on some ramps, i cant see the hole type thing i gotta use my finger but ill take a pic

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ITS YOUR OIL SENDING UNIT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH...

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allaboutspeed wrote:ITS YOUR OIL SENDING UNIT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH...
yeah probably not, if it were the sending unit, oil would be continuosly POURING out, and he said its only happening when he starts it


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