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Oil Leak/Leaks?

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Danman765432

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Ok I know my front main seal is leaking...but I am not sure if my rear main is also leaking. I do have oil all over the underneath of my car going back to my transmission pan. I dont know if it is spreading that far because of driving on the highway and also the mixture of the fan blowing it back. Here are some pictures of it how it was and then after me cleaning it up a litttle bit...when I get back from college I am going to post some more pictures of it and if you guys could tell me what you think on the subject that would be great.

Thanks,

Dan

Dirty
Front Main Seal:

Rear Main seal:

Transmission Nut

Transmission Pan


Cleaner
Front Main Seal:

Rear Main Seal:

Transmission Nut

Transmission Pan
 

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Hard to say with it that dirty. I'd jack it up and get under there with a can of brake cleaner and a bunch of paper towels and get it all factory clean (takes about 15 minutes.

Then go run it for about 10 minutes, give it a good WOT run then go park it and jack it back up.

If you absolutely can't tell where the oil is coming from, you can puff some baby powder on the leak -- this can be a mess and is a last resort.

Wes
 
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Here are some of the new pictures after driving around...The front main seal seems pretty obvious that it is leaking. The car was also running like complete ****...it seemed like it was slipping, maybe oil got on the belt. You can see by the trans nut that some fluid built up over there too...Also when looking at the rear main seal picture it looks like there might be some oil coming down the trans side. Let me know what you guys think and how screwed I am.

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Rear Main Seal



Transmission Nut

 

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