I'm hoping someone can help.... I recently finished the frame-off of my car (@250 miles) and have been chasing an oil leak since the first drive. The leak is at the back of the motor between the oil pan and the flywheel shield. The leak leaves four to five streams of oil down the center outside of the flywheel shield and a puddle on the ground about 3 inches in diameter. The oil doesn't leak when the car is first started and allowed to sit at an idle (10-15 minutes). It seems to only leak during and after driving.
I placed dye in the oil and used a black light to try and pin point it. I did find a leak from the plug that is partially under the back of the drivers side head. The machine shop the did the motor work fixed this problem after I disassemble the top end of the motor. The top of the motor is now dry ( rear breather, valve cover gaskets, intake, oil sending fitting, plug under head), but the leak below still exists.
Upon further investigation, it appeared my leak was the multi-piece pan gasket behind the starter so I replaced it with the recommend one-piece (info from the discussion board) but still no luck fixing the leak.
I started thinking, the machine shop screwed me once with the plug under the drivers side head maybe they didn't tighten the oil galley plugs behind the flywheel, so I removed the transmission. The plugs are damp but no significant source of oil.
Does anyone have any ideas? Is it possible for a rear main seal to leak without saturating the inside of the bellhousing with oil? I am open to suggestions.
Thanks and sorry for the long post
Daniel
I placed dye in the oil and used a black light to try and pin point it. I did find a leak from the plug that is partially under the back of the drivers side head. The machine shop the did the motor work fixed this problem after I disassemble the top end of the motor. The top of the motor is now dry ( rear breather, valve cover gaskets, intake, oil sending fitting, plug under head), but the leak below still exists.
Upon further investigation, it appeared my leak was the multi-piece pan gasket behind the starter so I replaced it with the recommend one-piece (info from the discussion board) but still no luck fixing the leak.
I started thinking, the machine shop screwed me once with the plug under the drivers side head maybe they didn't tighten the oil galley plugs behind the flywheel, so I removed the transmission. The plugs are damp but no significant source of oil.
Does anyone have any ideas? Is it possible for a rear main seal to leak without saturating the inside of the bellhousing with oil? I am open to suggestions.
Thanks and sorry for the long post
Daniel
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