It's leaking everywhere! Need help
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eatmorechickenx
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It's probably all from one place. Look at the back of your valve covers first. It may just be oil dripping down from there. If it's dry back there, then rear main and/or transmission input shaft seal. If it's definitely transmission fluid, then it's probably input shaft seal. Start at the top and work your way down till you see where it's coming from.
eatmorechickenx
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Looking at the pictures closer, it looks to be oil. I would check the valve cover gaskets first, and if it is at all wet around, I would change them and clean everything really well and see if that takes care of it. When they leak, the oil usually gets on everything, including looking like it's coming from the bellhousing. Are you noticing any certain fluid getting low?
jgue467
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Darn loose VCs
Yeah, probably (I would hope anyway) loose VC bolts. Mine were So loose, I was able to turn some a couple turns by hand! Once I tightened mine, cleaned up the oil i could w/gunk, it took several weeks before the smell of burnt oil on the exhaust finally went away but it did, that was almost 3 yrs ago now, so I'd try just tightening for now-consider removing each bolt and putting some loctite on to help keep em tight. I re-torque em annually btw. Luck. :banana:
Yeah, probably (I would hope anyway) loose VC bolts. Mine were So loose, I was able to turn some a couple turns by hand! Once I tightened mine, cleaned up the oil i could w/gunk, it took several weeks before the smell of burnt oil on the exhaust finally went away but it did, that was almost 3 yrs ago now, so I'd try just tightening for now-consider removing each bolt and putting some loctite on to help keep em tight. I re-torque em annually btw. Luck. :banana:
badattitude
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make sure oil filter is on tight
jgue467
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You'll only be able to get to the lower ones on each side, those are the leaky areas-tops can stay as is. Luck.
achha64
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Sorry can you be more explicite? I tried to understand your quote
jgue467
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Just meant when you go to tighten VC bolts, you'll only be able to access the lower ones (4 per side; 10mm) on the covers, the upper ones are behind stuff. You could take all that off and tighten those also, but to save you the trouble just wanted to mention I only tightened the lower ones and it worked for me. I've heard several others say the same thing on there. Don't got wrenching them down ultra tight, just snug 'em up, officially they're only supposed to go to like 53 inch pounds (that's like 4-5 ft lbs). Luck!
