08 TLS leaking a ton of oil when engine is running.

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Old Oct 25, 2016 | 10:43 AM
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08 TLS leaking a ton of oil when engine is running.

I first notice the oil on my passenger wheels. I check around head gasket but nothing. A friend of mine told me it could a loose or bad oil pressure sensor but I don't know the step to how to get to it. Anyone know how or if that's the cause of the oil leak?
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Old Oct 25, 2016 | 10:47 AM
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oil pump perhaps

or vtec solenoid

have you checked to see if maybe your oil filter wasn't snug and it's comint out from there? Clean it all up and see
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Old Oct 25, 2016 | 10:54 AM
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It not the oil filter, I checked. So ill have to check out the solenoid or oil pressure sensor. Hard to see from back there. All I know it a bad leak and my passenger wheels is covered with engine oil.
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Old Oct 25, 2016 | 11:01 AM
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Old Oct 25, 2016 | 11:09 AM
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Also, are you sure it's engine oil and not brake fluid or axle failure?
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Old Oct 25, 2016 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by thoiboi
Also, are you sure it's engine oil and not brake fluid or axle failure?
or power steering fluid?
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Old Oct 25, 2016 | 11:18 AM
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Did you do an oil change or is this just out of the blue? If you did do an oil change, did you make sure the seal of the old filter came off when you replaced it? If it stayed on and you put the new one on, that would cause oil to spray everywhere.
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Old Oct 26, 2016 | 06:03 AM
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If you don't change your transmission fluid often then it will look brown like oil.
It could be the ATF cooler in the radiator leaking.
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Old Oct 26, 2016 | 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by justnspace
or power steering fluid?
This...
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Old Nov 22, 2016 | 04:15 PM
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The fitting I found loose
The radiator port where it broke clean off
I'm diagnosing the exact same issue, it was the radiator, the fitting broke loose and leaked dark oil and green coolant.

Ill replace the radiator and go from there
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Old Nov 30, 2016 | 01:52 AM
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Cooler line.. sucks.
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