I know most of you dont really care at all, but I had an oil leak quite a while ago. My car is a rebuilt title, but wasn't "properly" rebuilt. I took my car to a builder and he tore it apart and looked at the lines. Only one was actually intact and delivering oil into the engine. Most of the parts were starved of oil, yet I didn't think it was too bad because I would top off the oil every time it got to the middle.
Lesson learned : Dont have your OMP lines clogged or pinched or broken, unless you want a new block

 

Of course we care! In fact I have been there too.
A cracked line (assume during reinstall) that presented as a minir leak from day one after rebuild. This took some chasing. It appeared to be a simple sump pissy gasket seal, but not.
How many km/ml had fhe engine done like this?
Also how or where did the leak present?

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10,000 miles, while having redline every other day... I bought the car with the leak, but I got the car very cheap too. under 5k US dollars. Oil pan was loose which was the biggest, and it eventually led down to the OMP or the Oil metering pump lines. It is a rebuilt title from a crash in 2012? Havent looked at it in a while.
I assume the lines slowly got worse day after day and decided to finally crack in its last few years I would assume, or it couldve been like that for a while. The car has 76000 Miles on it too, virtually no rust anywhere.

 

Its amazing the engine lasted that long really. You would understandably pissed but lesson learned through no fault of your own doing really.
Thanks for highlighting this definite weak point in our engines.
I even gave my builder a spare set of oil lines i had kicking around to choose the best ones! Accidents still happen.

 

Yeah... I had to buy a used pair and I'm hoping these sets are gonna work, if not I might just buy those really good ones that are "bulletproof"
But nonetheless, a brand new motor is going to be nice. Note to self: If there's something wrong with a line, replace it immediately!