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#195345 Jun 8, 9:27pm
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2003 Toyota Celica
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About a week and a 1/2 ago, I changed my lift bolts. Everything was fine untill today. I was driving with the A/C on then I started to smell oil. So, I pulled over and pop the hood, then I saw that I forgot to tighten the two nuts with the gasket (pic below)and oil was leaking out of it. How could I be so stupid. I checked the oil and it was down by a half and to make matters worse my engine coolant was low. So the first thing I did was tighten the nut and refilled the engine fluids. Should I worry that something else might go wrong because I was driving like this for "a week and 1/2"? Oh yeah, and the same day I changed my bolts was racing. confused

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Last edited by 401Celica; Jun 8, 2004 9:28pm.

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is the car running ok? If so just keep an eye on the fluids and hope for the best smile

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It runs fine. A little bit of smoke comes out though but I think thats the leaking oil heating up.

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yeah you should be fine. If there was damage the car would run rough. Just be careful and keep an eye on it. No sense worrying that doesn't help smile

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