Author Topic: Rear Main Seal Leak (Updated)  (Read 625 times)

nivvy

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Rear Main Seal Leak (Updated)
« on: August 26, 2007 - 01:37:16 PM »
Well it got me thinking again since I changed my oil and never fired up the motor I could figure out how new clear oil dripped overnight down the rear main??? so I took off the dust shield where oil accumulates and I couldnt see any oil running down crank or flexplate and I wiped inside the tranny and no oil??? after closer inspection on the Chenowith racing Main Girdle I had installed I see what is oil seeping out of the sides of it back there... also the gaskets look a little wet as well...they dont give you a gasket for the girdle and have to use some sort of gasket maker in the instructions and use a gasket from the pan to girdle....Im gonna try some of that gasket sealer stuff first you put in the oil...it has to be it....it is not a bad leak but enough to make me fix it  :pullinghair:....I would had to lose the race to cuda guy from having to let off the throttle from oil slippage  :burnout:




Offline Robb

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Re: Rear Main Seal Leak (Updated)
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2007 - 08:10:25 PM »
have you used that material called "The Right Stuff"  if not give it a try.           Solved all my oil leaks problems.

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Re: Rear Main Seal Leak (Updated)
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2007 - 09:21:56 PM »
I install a gasket between the girdle & block

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Re: Rear Main Seal Leak (Updated)
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2007 - 11:01:14 AM »
well I found the culprit...when the motor was reinstalled they didnt tighten up the oil pan nuts tight at all??? they were real loose and i found oil seaping out of a couple of the bolt holes...oh well....... :burnout: off to my next kill!  :woohoo:

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Re: Rear Main Seal Leak (Updated)
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2007 - 03:07:29 PM »
Glad to see it was an easy fix   :2thumbs:
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