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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Chasing an oil leak (or leaks)

A couple of weeks ago I installed a new oil pan hoping that it was the old multiple piece cork oil pan gasket that was causing the small oil puddles on the garage floor.  I should have known better.  It looks like that is not the issue (I hope) and there is something else going on that I have to chase down.  There is still a leak and I started to notice some clutch chatter so I need to figure this out pretty quickly before I am fixing a clutch (if not more).  Ugh.  There are all kinds of things that can cause this from intake gaskets to valve cover gaskets to oil pan gaskets to rear main oil seals (which I hope it is not).  I need to get this diagnosed.  If anyone has any thoughts feel free to say something in the comments.

The bellhousing is covered in oil as well as the transmission, but this could be cause of several things

Oil is collecting on the intake next to the valve covers on the drivers side

There is all kinds of oil over the fuel pump

The rear of the intake looks dirty, but not all that wet with standing oil.

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