Oil leak from rear main or valley gasket??
there is also an ultraviolet die you can buy at the chain auto parts stores, you pour it into your oil and let ir run a day of two.
After that you should be able to locate where the leak is coming from with a black light.
Should work pretty good it is used in the refrigeration industry all the time to find system leaks.
The stuff in auto parts store is compatable with most if not all oils.
After that you should be able to locate where the leak is coming from with a black light.
Should work pretty good it is used in the refrigeration industry all the time to find system leaks.
The stuff in auto parts store is compatable with most if not all oils.
What about 24, 22, 23 at the rear in the attached exploded diagram? And could you see back there with flashlight and mirror, shop towel on a stick, etc. ? Just a thought before you pick up a wrench. And then there are those inspection cameras with very skinny camera head on a tube (Harbor Freight, $80 or so).
Purchased White Shepard Oil Stop Leak on Disco Mikes recommendation and poured it in last night. The Oil leak seems to have slowed. Drove it today for about an hour will verify tomorrow if the cardboard has any signs.
Follow up. I finally got around to removing the upper intake and coils and checking out the valley gasket on the rear. That was where my leak was coming from. I could not remove the metal retaining piece that holds down the gasket. It looked like it needed to be slid further forward to help seal so i used a small pry bar and was able to nudge it forward tighter against the block one side at a time. Retightened the center bolt and put it back. The real kicker was when I pulled the air oil separator out. I was able to wiggle mine out with a large pair of pliers. When I pulled the insert out it was nasty. Completely clogged with gunk and grease and dirt etc. No way any air was passing through there. I am convinced that with no place for pressure to go it was forcing oil out the valley gasket. I cleaned up the oil separator and put it back. Leak is mostly stopped now it was BAD before. It leaks t case fluid power steering fluid etc. so hard to say what is what haha. CLEAN OUT YOUR OIL SEPARATOR unless u know the last time it was done.
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