/diy/ - Do It Yourself

1st of all, what year and model is the shitbox in question? How much oil are you losing? Are you losing coolant as well?

2nd, are you experiencing other head gasket symptoms?
white smoke from tail pipe?
oil in coolant?
coolant in oil?
coolant boil over?
significantly down on power?
glowing catalytic?

3rd have you called around about a junkyard engine to rebuild and swap?

4th, its probably the cam cover gasket leaking. its a rubber gasket, and reusable, so change it and see if that helps, if it doesn't help you can reuse it on the next round.

5th ive worked on a few zetecs, the oil coming out the bottom of the trans is from the rear main seal, im not absolutely sure, but i dont believe you can change it without removing either the engine or the trans. Even if you do replace the rear main, you will likely continue to experience leaking here because of blow-by with 200k on engine.

also post another pic like >>13946636 but a bit farther away