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#66267 09/03/2005 3:08 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,061 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,061 | I need somebody to tell me it ain't so. I have an oil leak/drip coming from the rear of the engine. I have checked the rocker cover, the pan gasket forward of the rear main,and pulled the flywheel cover to take a look. There appears to be oil on the bearing cap but not the engine side of the flywheel. I have two suspicions:
1. the rear main is leaking and the oil follows the Trans shaft to the clutch side of the flywheel and collects in the flywheel cover.
2. the pan gasket leaks and drips into the flywheel cover
This block was rebuilt about a year and a half ago by a good shop and I don't know if they used a neoprene or the old style seal. Are they interchangeable?
I am not looking forward to a rear seal job, so if anybody has any thoughts, they would be welcomed.
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#66268 09/03/2005 3:18 AM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 226 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 226 | the rear main would have to go around the flywheel to get on the transmission shaft..?? if the engine side of the flywheel doesnt have it...then its probably coming from the pan....
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#66269 09/10/2005 1:49 AM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 8 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 8 | I would check the top of the engine first. Look at the very back of the valve cover gasket with a mirror. This area is notorious for leaking down the block and into the main seal area. Check the back of the head around the head gasket area. You can see it by jacking the car up and looking up from the bottom of the transmission area. I have seen this are leak after the engine is hot and under load. Once all of those are sealed, if you still need to reseal the engine, you can replace with the rope type seal or the neoprene seal. If your block has the rope type seal, you may need to remove the pins that were used to keep the old seal in place before replacing with a neoprene seal. If you look at the previous post I made on rear main seal leaks in this forum, I had a lot of great replies that might help you. | | |
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