Oil leak
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Most likely the rear seal, but their are many opportunities for oil to seep out. Snakebit gave good investigative info.
If you do decide to tackle a rear main seal replacement, youll be cleaning and sealing up all the possible seep areas. And while you have the transmission down and flywheel off, may as well replace the clutch and throw out bearing.
If you do decide to tackle a rear main seal replacement, youll be cleaning and sealing up all the possible seep areas. And while you have the transmission down and flywheel off, may as well replace the clutch and throw out bearing.
ttocs
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get under the car and just follow the oil as far up as you can go. Last year I had a leak I was chasing and I got down under the car and used my hand to feel the oil where I could not see it and followed it all the way up to the valve covers. I swapped their gasket, put it all back together and started cursing because it kept leaking so I did the same thing but this time when I got my hand above the valve covers I realize that it was actually the back of the seal between the lower intake and the block that it slowly made its way down the side to the bottom.
^ thats one sharp guy! Always provides great info!
ttocs
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even on the political section?
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He's just old and been around the block a few times
Well i would go that far. You political views are just that....yours. Given the damage you endured from an inbred step uncle as a child, we all overlook your out loud thoughts....loleven on the political section?
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I might resemble that remark...
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At least you make it around the block. I always get lost.
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Rear main seal leak you would have oil blown back covering the transmission. Is their evidence that the oil pan gasket is there or any evidence of silicone around the pan? Also, with the amount of coverage on the pan, someone could've removed the front cover and not properly sealed the corners? 2cents
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As long as I have my glasses, and my phone just in case. I don't have the button around my neck yet...At least you make it around the block. I always get lost.
Just thought I would share an update. While trying to figure this out the hydroboost brake booster started leaking fluid all over the garage floor. So I spent some time fixing that, had to get one at the junk yard, could not find a new or reman one. Now that that is all fixed I have no more leaks. Must have been the booster all a long. The leak did not look like power steering fluid, it looked like oil so the booster wasn't even suspect. A few days driving it now and not a drop of anything on the floor.
Keep in mind power steering fluid in these cars is actually ATF so it should red in color and still transparent. If it's brown and you can't see through it or even so dark to the point where you could mistake it for oil then you should change it out.
Im happy you got it figured out! Thanks for the update
That is what threw me off. Some of the fluid was red but most looked like oil. I recently replaced the steering rack so I had flushed and put in new fluid.
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