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08-07-2010, 03:31 PM
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oil leak
I had to stop my last event for a smokey oil leak. I put the car on a lift today and the starter and lower passenger side of the motor transmission had oil on it. I tightened down the pan, but I don't think that was it. Oil was higher on the side of the starter too. I check the oil sensing unit with a inspection mirror and the valve cover are spotless. Any ideas?
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08-07-2010, 04:23 PM
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I, Vettezuki
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BADDASSC6
I had to stop my last event for a smokey oil leak. I put the car on a lift today and the starter and lower passenger side of the motor transmission had oil on it. I tightened down the pan, but I don't think that was it. Oil was higher on the side of the starter too. I check the oil sensing unit with a inspection mirror and the valve cover are spotless. Any ideas?
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I'm trying to remember where everything is. Check dipstick, filler neck, valve cover?
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08-07-2010, 05:32 PM
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I checked the dipstick and valve cover and they are spotless. The fillerneck is on the other side and clean too. I think its the seal between the aft portion of the oil pan and the block itself.
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08-08-2010, 05:36 AM
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I, Vettezuki
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BADDASSC6
I checked the dipstick and valve cover and they are spotless. The fillerneck is on the other side and clean too. I think its the seal between the aft portion of the oil pan and the block itself.
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The oil pan gasket wouldn't be so bad. When I first read this I somehow imagined the rear main seal. . .
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08-08-2010, 09:44 AM
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It may be the rear main seal still. Not sure  .
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08-08-2010, 11:13 PM
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Once pans start leaking there is usually no stopping it. |
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08-09-2010, 12:52 AM
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Once pans start leaking there is usually no stopping it. |
I don't know if this is what you meant, but it made me think of something. The Vette pan is cast aluminum. It may be seeping through a small, basically invisible crack in the pan. 
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