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Hello....The first thing that you want to check..since you said the leak is in front is the area around the bottom of the crank shaft..If the oil is comming from there...This is where the main oil seal is for the crank shaft bearing...If no oil is comming from that area...you can breath a sigh of relief...There are a lot of stop leak products for everything from radiators to oil systems to transmissions...I'm not a big fan beacuse ...If it can stop a leak...it can stop the flow....The best cure for an oil pan leak is to drain the oil.....Drop the oil pan...replace the gasket...and if you do it right...you'll be good to go for a long time...PS.....don't forget to replace the oil....I hope this was helpful.....PEACE.....
Th engine have oil all around. Its dificult to tell whit out see it. But wash th engine in a car was. Then let it dry, start th car and u will see where is this leak starting from
There are three other area's that can leak, here they are in order of how often they occur
1.Engine Valve cover gasket(s) (2 if V6 engine), oil runs down the engine and drips off the pan.
2.Rear crankshaft seal leaking
3.Front crankshaft seal leaking. Oil is blown back by air pressure while driving and rips off of pan.
Could be a number of things. Oil pan gasket, check around oil pan to see if its wet. Front crank seal could be leaking and blowing back if its bad enough. Check around and in behind your crankshaft pulley. I would also check your tranny cooler lines and power steering lines, if they are leaking bad enough the oil will get blown back when you drive. Also check to see how high up the engine the oil starts coming from that will give you some indication of where it starts.
OIL LEAKS UNDER CAR COULD BE COMING FROM LEAKING OIL FILTER OR OIL PAN GASKET.CHECK FOR OIL LEAKS AROUND REAR MAIN OIL SEAL AND FRONT TIMING COVER CRANKSHAFT SEAL LEAKING OR LIP SEAL AT THE LOWER TIMING COVER TO OIL PAN.
Depending on where it is leaking from, some repairs need a hoist and possible removal of the transmission. Most times it is a seal around the pan, messy job but not too hard. Second most common is a coolant hose to the radiator. To figure out whee the leak is, park on cardboard and mark the tires so you can back the car off and get an idea where the leak is.
There are several places it could be coming from. The primary one is the oil pan. This would be the pan directly under the engine. It has the oil pan drain plug in it. If you are unfamiliar with the underside of automobiles you need to be sure you are not looking at the transmission oil pan. The first pan will be the oil pan. If you are mechanically inclined and have basic tools you can try and tighten up the oil pan bolts around the circumference of the pan. Normally if the leak is from the pan it will appear wet all around the bottom. However the leak could also be from the rear main seal at the back of the engine. This can leak down to the pan and appear to come from the oil pan. Most of the time a leak from this will be in one spot of the pan, leaving the front section dry. The other place is from the valve covers. You can check this by look under the hood at the side of the engine. If it's wet along the sides, that might be where it's from.
The only way you are going to know for sure is to get under it and look for yourself or take it somewhere to have looked at. You should have time to do this as long as you maintain the oil level in the engine. I hope this helps.
I do not know what (or where) the front RS corner is. Is your leak in the oil pan gasket or in the front cover gasket.... This is just a guess... but I suspect that the front cover needs to be pulled UP not OUT.
It seals around the crankshaft... and the seal will not let it come out.... but normally allows it to come up.
If the problem is with the oil pan, the loosen all the bolts, then lower the pan a bit, insert some silicone sealent over the gasket surface and retighten all the bolts. This has worked for me several times in the past.
If you have an automatic trans there should be a metal plate just after the rear seal of the motor. If you can remove the shield and see rust, good. If it has red oil, bad, its the trans. You will be able to see if the rear main of the engine is leaking by the oil on the torque converter and flywheel. You may just need to gently tighten the pan bolts which may loosen by themselves.
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