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leaking oil, possibly oil pan gasket or rear main. got ?????
leaking oil, possibly oil pan gasket or rear main. got ?????
alright, got up this morning and brought the car out of the garage and saw some slight oil on the floor. jacket up the car and took a look. there is some oil on the back of the pan and i believe its the gasket because i couldnt see any oil above the pan. its pretty much on the back of the pan and covers the bolts and comes down the pan around the bolt to empty the pan. of done a search. you guys have any advice on if it might be a rear main leak and if its th gasket, do i have to move the engine or can i just take off the k-member? all info will be very appreciated.
Sounds like the rear main seal. I can check my manual and post later with how big of a job you're looking at..
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Dude, its a rear main seal... It is about 400 dollar job by a good mechanic. I had mine but it stopped. I guess this thing comes and goes.
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You can usually ignore the rear main until it becomes really bad - mine has a rear main leak and it loses about a few ounces of oil between oil changes. Most of the time they just seem to be intermittent or go away depending on the weather here, apparently.
To get it fixed, it'll cost about $400 since they have to drop the tranny.
is there anyways to find out for sure? i going to have it checked by a mechanic tomorrow and i need to knwo myself how to find out cause i dont want to be screwed plus i want to fix it myself.
Its pretty hard to determine, but more than likely, it's ur rear main. You can try to clean up that oil and see, but it's hard to tell. How many miles u got? mine started around 35k. Changed it at 74k, now it's 140k and starting again.
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i dont know what the hell a rear main is or what it looks like or where its at to see if its the problem so if you could hook me up with some info on that i would really appreciate it
alright people, i ahve been doing some resaerch and im ready to do my rear main seal. do you guys think that the chilton reapair book help me out alot? im probably going to be doing it this sunday along w/ my headers/cat./cut-out/s-pipe/I-pipe.
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Be very careful with your tranny - this might be a good time to do some tranny work while you've got it out of the car too. It'll take a long time to do, just take your time and don't be in a rush - last thing you want to do is drop that tranny. :eek:
if you want to know for CERTAIN if it is the rear main seal, go to a dealership and ask for engine oil dye, put that in drive it around for a good bid and then jack the car up and look at it with a black light, you will be able to see very easily where it is coming from.
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well, impretty sure it the rear main. i called up the dealer for parts and they said i need the seal and some housing. do i need that houseing or what? would it be a godd idea to change it anyways?
if the dealer says you need it then you prolly will need it. i just said the dye idea so you dont replace one seal and then you still have the leak for the other one.
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