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**jawhie** · 01-06-2005, 04:02 PM

Hi everyone, I'm a college student looking to learn more about my car and hopefully find cheap ways to fix her.

I've had my 1990 Celica GT for about a year and a half now. The engine is the 2.2 Liter 5s-fe and it's been leaking oil ever since I bought it. I have to put in a quart of oil every time I fill up the gas tank! The guy I bought it from told me his mechanic looked at it and said the main oil seals on the engine were worn and needed replacement. But the cost of replacing the seals would be almost as much as getting a new engine put in! Hence, I've been holding off on fixing the oil seals and trying to get my miles out of the engine. It's up to 233,000 miles and still runs fine (kudos to Toyota!).

I have recently noticed on my oil fill cap that the oil is a little frothy and white-ish. My friend says this could be coolant contaminating the oil. I checked the radiator cap and there is no evidence of oil although I'm not exactly sure what it would look like. It was just green coolant.

So I guess what I would like to know are where oil typically leaks from in a Celica, if any of you have had similar problems, and if it can be temporarily fixed until I decide to put in a new engine.

01-06-2005, 04:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
jawhie Posts: 5 Join Date: Jan 2005 Last On: 07-24-2005 04:47 PM	My introduction and my problem -- help! Hi everyone, I'm a college student looking to learn more about my car and hopefully find cheap ways to fix her. I've had my 1990 Celica GT for about a year and a half now. The engine is the 2.2 Liter 5s-fe and it's been leaking oil ever since I bought it. I have to put in a quart of oil every time I fill up the gas tank! The guy I bought it from told me his mechanic looked at it and said the main oil seals on the engine were worn and needed replacement. But the cost of replacing the seals would be almost as much as getting a new engine put in! Hence, I've been holding off on fixing the oil seals and trying to get my miles out of the engine. It's up to 233,000 miles and still runs fine (kudos to Toyota!). I have recently noticed on my oil fill cap that the oil is a little frothy and white-ish. My friend says this could be coolant contaminating the oil. I checked the radiator cap and there is no evidence of oil although I'm not exactly sure what it would look like. It was just green coolant. So I guess what I would like to know are where oil typically leaks from in a Celica, if any of you have had similar problems, and if it can be temporarily fixed until I decide to put in a new engine.