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front main leaking. LS 1.8L

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Hey guys so i had my first major breakdown. had the low oil message show for a split second and some 3km later the message came on and... from the fender to mid valve cover, from rad up to the hood and down the fire wall are all covered in oil. had to keep going to find a place to stop for the night so it ran dry for roughly 1km. still starts and runs

I had the car towed and dropped at a shop so will be a couple days till they can look at it, but given the design i wanna figure out what could of happened. if the front main broke by itself could it of pushed out a steady amount of oil? or could the oil pump of failed and started leaking out the sides?
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If the oil pump fails. You lose pressure to leak out the sides. The motor also goes bad. Usually.
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You want a wrecked car preferably.

You know it was driving.

A car that isn't wrecked could have a bad trans or motor.

Used to be a time where some actually took the time for compression readings. Wonder if they still do that.
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