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Oil leak at rear of engine....here's my scenario of how it happened...whatdya think? 200 1989

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posted by  Cabbie2169 on  Fri Jan 28 04:54 CST 2005
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While I finished up the rear tranny mount/bushing replacement, I noticed that I have quite a healthy oil leak on the rear of the engine somewhere. I immediately checked the flametrap and connections. I found one hose disconnected at the intake manifold. (this small rubber hose connects the flame trap to the intake manifold port) I was hoping that the oil leak would go away..so I changed the oil (it was time anyway) and drove for about 15 miles.....fresh oil on the parking lot after sitting for about two hours. I'd say the size of the drip puddle was about the size of computer mouse.

Here's my scenario for the rear main oil seal...when it's cold outside, the tranny sticks in 1st gear...and I thought the reason for that was a damaged transmission.....and have been putting off replacement...but now I'm thinking the kickdown cable is the reason the thing sticks in 1st...but the problem is that it only sticks in cold weather...ANYHOW... So my theory is that my daughter has been revving the car down the street while it unsticks from 1st gear (takes about two blocks)..and the crankcase has built up pressure and blown the rear main oil seal out because the flametrap hose came disconnected. Now I've got a oil leak.

My question is this: Is there some sort of plug behind the engine that I can check before assuming that the oil leak is coming from the rear main seal?

Cabbie2169






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