Rear Main Seal
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Rear Main Seal
I have oil under my car. Getting worse and I noticed the oil filter is soaked and some oil sitting directly under the where the trans and engine meet. Nothing on passengers side. Rear main seal the culprit?
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Could be a rear main seal.
But as Smoken1 stated, it could be the are where the oil pressure sending unit is. I had a 2006 GTO that had an oil leak at that exact area. I changed the valley pan gasket and sure enough, no more leak.
But as Smoken1 stated, it could be the are where the oil pressure sending unit is. I had a 2006 GTO that had an oil leak at that exact area. I changed the valley pan gasket and sure enough, no more leak.
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start up top and work your way down... if you don't have headers you can easily unbolt the inspection cover (if you have one) and get a better look... fyi the trans is in the back of the car, it doesn't bolt to the engine
Last edited by StingrayRebel; Aug 4, 2018 at 07:03 PM.
