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Old 05-14-2013, 06:53 PM
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Default Help tracking down oil leak!!

My car has been dripping oil very slightly ever since i did my motor swap. there is oil on the bottom back side of the oil pan as well as a drip coming off of the bottom of the oil filter.

are these cars notorious for developing a leak in a certain area or is their anything i can do to see exactly where its coming from?
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look around the oil pan gasket and above the filter there is a block
off plate for oil cooler.

also look up into the bellhousing as best you cand to check rear main and cover
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Add oil dye and get a fluorescent light if you can.
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does autozone/advanced sell the oil dye? i've never seen that stuff before!
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Check torque on the pan bolts around the filter area that go up into the rear seal cover, there are 2 or 3 of them smaller than the other pan bolts, these can loosen up by themselves and cause a slow leak.
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Yes they sell the dye



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