1993 Saturn SL1 Oil Leak

GRAND1963

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1993 SATURN SL1
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
135,000 MILES

I have noticed the smell of my car burning oil. I looked all over the engine and didnt see anything. I looked in the Air Intake system and I noticed oil inside of there. What can I do to fix this issue?

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 AT 2:17 PM

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SATURNTECH9

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So is the oil in your air box?Inside or outside your throttle body?Please be more detailed if you could post some pictures better yet. Let me know.

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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 AT 4:02 PM

GRAND1963

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Its outside of the throttle body. Where I can see oil present is right below the filter.

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Thursday, May 27th, 2010 AT 11:55 PM

SATURNTECH9

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So it's under the air box on the outside of the throttle body?Maybe it's the valve cover gasket leaking?It's hard to say without seeing it. Is there anyway you could take some pictures and post them maybe you have a friend with a camera or a friend with a cell phone that takes pictures so I can see what your seeing?

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Friday, May 28th, 2010 AT 12:45 AM

GRAND1963

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Its not the Valve Cover Gasket causing that because I just had to replace that after I took the head out of my car.

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Friday, June 4th, 2010 AT 10:59 AM

SATURNTECH9

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There's not many place's for oil to leak there I wouldn't rule out the valve cover gasket since it was just replaced. They can be touchy when replacing them if there over torqued or too much silcone is used the gasket can pop out of place and leak.