So how many of you have cars that are bleeding?
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My TA is leaking 3 different fluids ![Icon Lol](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies2/icon_lol.gif)
Power Steering from the rack![Bang Head](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_banghead.gif)
Oil from the cam cover![Bang Head](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_banghead.gif)
and just found out Tranny Fluid from the gearbox/tailshaft area...![Bang Head](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_banghead.gif)
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each of them are very very small slow leaking (couple drops per park) puddles... but seriously, this is BS!![Icon Lol](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies2/icon_lol.gif)
Car runs great, performs well, it's this little piddly crap that gets on my damn nerves! DAMN F-BODIES!!!!!! :rant:
I want my cake and to eat it too damnit!!!
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Power Steering from the rack
![Bang Head](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_banghead.gif)
Oil from the cam cover
![Bang Head](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_banghead.gif)
and just found out Tranny Fluid from the gearbox/tailshaft area...
![Bang Head](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_banghead.gif)
![Bang Head](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_banghead.gif)
each of them are very very small slow leaking (couple drops per park) puddles... but seriously, this is BS!
![Icon Lol](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies2/icon_lol.gif)
Car runs great, performs well, it's this little piddly crap that gets on my damn nerves! DAMN F-BODIES!!!!!! :rant:
I want my cake and to eat it too damnit!!!
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lol,
on my black 1999 Trans Am, I have a small leak from the steering rack... Been there almost two years... Too lazy to rebuild/buy new the steering rack. It only needs about an oz. of PS fluid like every two weeks.
AND a leak from the oil pan gasket... Been too lazy to change that too... It's very slow. I will not see a change in oil level over a six-month period (between oil changes), but it's been there so long that it's the filthiest ******* thing you've ever seen...
on my black 1999 Trans Am, I have a small leak from the steering rack... Been there almost two years... Too lazy to rebuild/buy new the steering rack. It only needs about an oz. of PS fluid like every two weeks.
AND a leak from the oil pan gasket... Been too lazy to change that too... It's very slow. I will not see a change in oil level over a six-month period (between oil changes), but it's been there so long that it's the filthiest ******* thing you've ever seen...
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My rack is leaking slowly too...the bellows are wet, but it never leaves fluid behind, and I don't see a change in fluid level. The PS is noisy though, but I'm not sure if that's related.
I also have a slow oil leak (I think it's from the oil pan gasket). Just enough to make the thing filthy, but not enough to leave any behind or really affect the oil level. I have a gasket, but I haven't got around to it yet. (School is crazy busy).
Yup, F-bodies are fun
I also have a slow oil leak (I think it's from the oil pan gasket). Just enough to make the thing filthy, but not enough to leave any behind or really affect the oil level. I have a gasket, but I haven't got around to it yet. (School is crazy busy).
Yup, F-bodies are fun
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You think F-bodies are the only ones that leak?
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The LS1 cars are 8-12 years old now. A few little leaks is normal for any car that age, gaskets don't last forever. Personally I just don't worry about minor oil seepage type leaks. Actually the trans fluid pump has been leaking on my Nova for years, about 1/2 quart of fluid per year. I just keep a drip pan under the car in the garage. I won't waste my time pulling all that apart unless the engine or trans has to come out for some other reason.
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got a drop or two from the steering rack aswell.. Then I fixes my coolant leak today.. It was coming from somewhere around the compressor.. I thought.. But nope it was an upper radaitor hose dripping down.. I could saved myself a lot of trouble! Lol
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PS pump shaft seal and the rack on the driver side leaks.
I think my rear main seeps a little bit, or the pan gasket, as there is always a little bit of oily crud around there.
Like you, it isn't much, but just enough to make things a little damp under there so I can get dirty when I crawl under the car to change the oil. Nothing like PS fluid getting in your hair
I think my rear main seeps a little bit, or the pan gasket, as there is always a little bit of oily crud around there.
Like you, it isn't much, but just enough to make things a little damp under there so I can get dirty when I crawl under the car to change the oil. Nothing like PS fluid getting in your hair
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