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    Hi, im new here:banana:
    I've just bought a 1996 3.8 camaro with 175,000 miles on it. everytime i park it there is a oil spot under it. it seems to be comming from the back of the moter, but im not sure. where do these things usually leak at when they are this old?

  • #2
    Re: oil leak

    most likely the rear main seal. mine is doing it but its not that big of a deal its only like 1 drop. once it gets bigger i will change it. might also check vavle cover gaskets. i changed mine last weekend because they were starting to leak a little.

    PS:Rear main seals are pretty hard to change

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    • #3
      Re: oil leak

      Save your self time and money, and do them all at once, Valve cover gaskets, oil pan gasket, and rear main seal. I did my main seal, i still had a leak, did the oil pan gasket, still had a leak but it got smaller after each new gasket, then i did both valve cover gaskets and the pretty much stoped for for 5k miles, then i noticed it was wet again, but only one or two drips a week. By this time i throw my hands up and didnt really care any more.
      <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261</a> Green 1997, 105k, all stock except for Z28 front springs, Air shocks in the rear, home made coolant recovery tank, home made battery hold down.

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      • #4
        Re: oil leak

        Does the motor need to come out to change the rear main seal?

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        • #5
          Re: oil leak

          also, what can i do to this moter to liven it up, it has quite a few miles on it.

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          • #6
            Re: oil leak

            no, but the transmission will have to come out.
            <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261</a> Green 1997, 105k, all stock except for Z28 front springs, Air shocks in the rear, home made coolant recovery tank, home made battery hold down.

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            • #7
              Re: oil leak

              Originally posted by chevymaxx
              also, what can i do to this moter to liven it up, it has quite a few miles on it.
              Unless its not running good, i would not worry about it, some people talk about sea foam, but in my oppion it does nonthing at all. You may want to clean your injectors i cleaned mine at 100K, heres a pic before and after, really made the car run good. I pulled them out, and used carb cleaner to wash them down and q-tips to get into tight spots. you can rig something up to pressurize them then use 12 volts to open and close the injector to clean inside also. But the inside really does not need cleaning, mostly just the port holes.
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              <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261</a> Green 1997, 105k, all stock except for Z28 front springs, Air shocks in the rear, home made coolant recovery tank, home made battery hold down.

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              • #8
                Re: oil leak

                Originally posted by chevymaxx
                also, what can i do to this moter to liven it up, it has quite a few miles on it.
                Could also clean throttle body seee my pics here. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261/3
                <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261</a> Green 1997, 105k, all stock except for Z28 front springs, Air shocks in the rear, home made coolant recovery tank, home made battery hold down.

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                • #9
                  Re: oil leak

                  thanks for the suggestions, ill clean the injectors and throttlebody. if i change the gaskets to get rid of the oil leak, how many more miles does my engine have left in it about. it still runs nice and smooth, and it hardly smokes at all. btw its has around 175,000 on it

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                  • #10
                    Re: oil leak

                    ive see with my own eyes several gm engines, mostly 5.7 trucks, with 300k miles on them. #1 thing is to keep the oil fresh, engine will last forever if taken care of.
                    <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261</a> Green 1997, 105k, all stock except for Z28 front springs, Air shocks in the rear, home made coolant recovery tank, home made battery hold down.

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                    • #11
                      Re: oil leak

                      dont forget to have a new throttle body gasket before you take yours off.
                      <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2245261</a> Green 1997, 105k, all stock except for Z28 front springs, Air shocks in the rear, home made coolant recovery tank, home made battery hold down.

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                      • #12
                        Re: oil leak

                        I had to replace my valve cover gaskets about two months ago, you'll have to pull some stuff off the engine but it isn't difficult to do, just a little time consuming but not bad. The symptoms you have descirbed match up pretty well with mine. Check just on the inner side of valve cover between the intake manifold and the valve cover itself; if it's wet at all, then you probably have a bad gasket.

                        Being that your car has more miles on it, you may want to just replace some or all of the seals mentioned above.

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                        • #13
                          Re: oil leak

                          why did you have to replace your valve cover gasket?
                          was it leaking?
                          I thought we could run the engine with the valve covers off no problems..
                          I dont have valve covers and mine dont leak
                          2k2 camaro, K&N, SLP whisper lid, Konis, AEM, HP Tuners, Angel eyes/Halos, CF SS ram air hood, 4.10s, Zexel Torsen, UMI SFCs, CrossFire, BFGs, Gatorback, Catco, Flows, and TLC! DONT feed the Trolls!

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                          • #14
                            Re: oil leak

                            Maybe that is why your car is SLOW, 0 - 60 in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hmmm, doesn't seem to want to run. LOL

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                            • #15
                              Re: oil leak

                              Also just check to make sure the valve cover bolts are snug. I just had to tighten up the bolts on my beater's valve cover, it was leaking oil like crazy. Check to see if there is fresh oil where the valve covers meet the head.
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