Got a 01 monte SS cheap I know it needed work had coolant leak and oil but long story short kept pressure off the cooling system hollowed out thermostat to get it home oil leaked not bad got money bought parts fixed cooling system put back in dexcool antifreeze everything worked fine temp pressure tested passed with flying colors now that's fixed leaks oil like it's going out of style stuck old hollowed out thermo took pressure off system again and back to leaking oil like before (not much ) I know it's not good to drive like that but it's currently my only ride a deer did in my pt cruiser in looks like oil pan leaking but can't really tell if it's something from above that sorry for long post just wanted to cover all basis btw I'm more of a fix it not figure it out when it comes to car repairs

 

A little hard to follow with no punctuation, but are you asking for help with an oil leak? I'm not really following how its connected to the cooling system stuff at all though.

With any oil leak that's been going on for awhile, my #1 is to 100% clean the area first (de-greaser + hose, power washer, steamer, etc - whatever your method of choice is). Get the entire suspect area 100% pristine. Don't have to go crazy with the whole engine, but at least a basketball sized area that's suspect.

Then start it up and look for where its coming from (rev it if you have to to build oil pressure). They have UV dye that's compatible with oil if needed, but Ive literally never needed it if the area is truly prisitine and has dirty oil dribbling down it.

Being a 3800 and appears to be coming from 'above the oil pan', I'd take a real close look at that valve cover gasket. But if its been overheated as a result of the cooling issues, any / all gaskets are suspect.

 

Thanks bumpin96monte it's this new damn phone it don't punctuate I didn't think that it wouldn't be related either I'll put it on some ramps do some cleaning underneath I already detailed the topside of engine I'll post an update but currently dealing with smoke from Canada and I'm asthmatic so I'll have to wait till it's safe to do so thanks for the help

 

Just to make sure I'm following correctly - are you saying the oil leak varies intensity by which thermostat you've got in it? That's a bizarre one if so.

When its leaking heavily, how much oil loss are we talking?

Are you able to run a normal thermostat in it right now?

 

Ive already tried both ways it's completely unrelated also with some help i think I might have found it still working at it

 

Found out where it was had to jack it up take the wheel off and it was that oil pressure sending unit/switch it was coming out where the electrical connector plugs into it I feel stupid for not doing that in first place thanks for all your help bumpin96monte

 

Nice! Definitely got lucky on that one; you couldn't ask for an easier / cheaper thing to go wrong.

 

Yep Bumpin96monte sure is now on to the fuel level sensor cause it works for like 2 min then quits but when it works it's accurate I got it as acheap as a fixer upper I'm the second owner only paid 800 and no rust underneath cause the leak must have been going on for some time let's just say it's well oiled under there