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Let' play,,,,Guess the OIL LEAK!!!


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OK,, contestants,,,,,:) here's your clue's!

 

#1 Mass quantities of oil leaking!

 

#2 Oil Pan gaskit not leaking.

 

#3 Valve cover not leaking.

 

#4 Appears to be leaking out near some sort of "valve" in the rear of the engine

 

The contestant that correctly identafies the the leak source , will win a 1 nights stay at their own home!:clap:*

 

*all offers and prizes not valid within the area of the planet earth.

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Rear of engine where? Top, bottom, left, right? How far rearward? What does the "valve" look like.

 

A picture might help.... can you positively identify it as engine oil? Could it be transmission gear oil, or cv joint grease? AT fluid?

 

Best guess from your description - possibly the PCV valve?? Rear main seal?

 

Better question - what model/year of car you working on?

 

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How difficult is it to replace main seals? Any pictorials?

 

:-\

 

EA81 or EA82? Rear is the same for both - pull engine, and it's right behind the flywheel. Pretty easy.

 

Front is literally a 15 minute job on the EA81 - just remove the crank pully bolt, slide the pully off, pull the old seal with a screwdriver, and push in the new one. Button it up, tighten the accesory belts - done.

 

EA82 is more involved as you basically are forced to do a timing belt job to get to the front seal... might as well do the belts, tensioners, water pump, oil pump, cam seals, etc, etc when you do the seal. Hehe.

 

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