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1996 oil and coolant leaks 900

posted by  Carolk843 on  Tue May 20 13:33 CST 2003
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Thank you for the tips.
It is the driver's side (I'm not exactly a mechanic here -- adding oil, coolant, washer fluid and putting a cardboard box under the car to see what's leaking is as far as I go.) Although the coolant disppears, it doesn't seem to be dripping anywahere. It didn't appear to be in the oil, but that's not 100% certain.
Luckily the timing belt has 71,000 miles recorded on it, so I'm good for a little while there. We had a heater core problem in our 1989 740 (270K) last year so I'm familiar with the foggy windows -- happened as we stopped to pay the toll on the Delaware Memorial Bridge -- driving over a bridge while wiping the windshield is a fun experience.
I dropped in at the shop while he was in the midst of other things so he didn't take the heat shield off, but there was so much oil on the side of the engine it was pooling in at least one spot. It wasn't possible to see the source because there was so much of it.





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