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Coreylt1
06-23-2012, 05:10 PM
i fired up my motor and i have a pretty serious oil leak, it almost looks like its coming from between the block and bellhousing above the oil filter. what oil plugs are in the area that could possibly be missing?? im lost. could it possibly be the rear main seal? its not the oil pressure sensor

please help me asap!! need this car on the road soon!

car gets 60 psi oil pressure when cranking

MyFirstZ
06-23-2012, 05:21 PM
lt1 ?

and what did you remove/do ?

grazi
06-23-2012, 05:25 PM
If I had to guess on an LT1, its real common for the back of the intake to leak oil. I just removed my Intake last month and resealed it because I had the same problem

Featherburner
06-23-2012, 05:29 PM
What year and what kind of car?

Coreylt1
06-23-2012, 10:10 PM
1996 trans am, lt1

found the leak.. it wasnt the intake

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/coreyronzel/2012-06-23_204822.jpg

that plug thats halfway covered by the head is filling up with oil and leaking down on everything. i assume i should just pull the plug and put new thread sealer and put it back in?

greenformula92
06-24-2012, 10:19 AM
Yeah that should do it.

Coreylt1
06-24-2012, 10:27 AM
Yeah that should do it.

can i reuse head bolts and gasket? or just get new ones and be done with it

greenformula92
06-24-2012, 10:44 AM
can i reuse head bolts and gasket? or just get new ones and be done with it

definatly new gasket. are the bolts tourque to yield? if so you need new bolts as well

Coreylt1
06-24-2012, 10:04 PM
pulled the plug out, it has a very small hole drilled through it , i believe its suppose to go under the timing cover to oil the timing chain.

the bolts are felpro. not sure if theyre torque to yield or not, ill just buy new bolts and gaskets, no sense in cheaping out this far into the build