About a month ago I stopped using my truck because it was leaking too much oil. Luckily my Grandma let me use her car for awhile <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> (A/C). Being a Student it took me a month to find a clear weekend to work on it.

The leak started small, with a few drops then progressed to a quart of oil loss per day. When I realized that I stopped driving it. It went from drops to quart in about 3-4 weeks. The leak was comming from the bottom right side of the timming chain cover between the block and cover, at about the second bolt from the bottom. So I was guessing that the gasket failed. By the way it has about 4,000 mi since the rebuild.

My thoughts were to just take the cover off without messing with the head gasket and/or oil pan gasket. When I removed the cover some of the oil pan gasket came with and the head gasket looked pretty bent up.

So I spliced in the missing oil pan gasket with a new piece. Cut the head gasket back to the block because it was missing pieces and was bent. Also, there was no way that I could get all the peices/gaskets on without eliminating one. There is just too many things going into such a small space, that is how the head gasket got bent up. It would catch on something then bend.

After I drove it to work today there was oil leaking from the SAME SPOT plus a few others. So the darn thing got worse. Also I have an electrical issue. I don't think that the altinator is charging the battery. I barrly got to work today, the lights started to dim and the runner started to sputter. I didn't take the altinator out nor did I touch anything electrical. I do have two idiot lights on. One is the Emergency brake light and the other is the battery one, indicating that there is a drain somewhere is guess.

I am really frustrated with this whole thing. I can't afford to take it to a mechanic, and my grandma is getting kinda peved that I kept her car for that long. Now I am going to ask for it back <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />. What should I do? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Am I going to have to do this the long way and take the head off, oil pan, cover. Then replace the seals and gaskets? It's not so much that other leaks came, but the leakspot I tried to fix, is still there. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" />

What would be you next suggestion/s in dealing with this problem/s? How should I go about fixing this?

Thanx in advance, <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />
GOI