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Coreylt1 06-23-2012 05:10 PM

i have a bad oil leak, need help!
 
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/n...-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

Quote:

Originally Posted by greenformula92 (Post 838976)
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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coreylt1 (Post 838978)
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


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