Leaking rear seal?
08-22-2011, 12:10 PM
#8
Orangish sounds like Dexcool...usually once a rear main starts leaking, it leaks quite a bit, and the flexplate/flywheel will be coated in oil, as well as the inside of the bellhousing. Are you getting puddles on the ground, and what does the fluid smell like?
*EDIT* I noticed some stains over to the left of the pic that look like your dribble mark under the rear main...any chance that you have/had a coolant leak that left a trail, maybe a head gasket or freeze plug?
*EDIT* I noticed some stains over to the left of the pic that look like your dribble mark under the rear main...any chance that you have/had a coolant leak that left a trail, maybe a head gasket or freeze plug?
08-22-2011, 02:18 PM
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I cant tell by the pic. I will say when i was boosting my crankcase, after GM flipped the rear main seal design, I was gettin drips off the bolts of the bolt on inspection cover of the 80e, and that cover had a pretty good amount of oil in it. Several cc's.
I never taste fluid, but I would see if its sweet like dexcool. lol.
I never taste fluid, but I would see if its sweet like dexcool. lol.
08-22-2011, 03:25 PM
#10
Engine side of the flexplate is dry except the crank flange area- could be lube from the ARP bolts.
I was noticing it on the 80E dust cover as well. Just a drip, no puddles. Seemed more like oil, but maybe mixed with Dexcool. Back of the block seems dry, but I am wondering about the crossover plug on the left side from the stain.
Always seemed to be a bit of oil on the dust cover before the rebuild too. It was not orangish though. I mentioned this to the builder who said he didn't replace the seal because it looked OK.
I was noticing it on the 80E dust cover as well. Just a drip, no puddles. Seemed more like oil, but maybe mixed with Dexcool. Back of the block seems dry, but I am wondering about the crossover plug on the left side from the stain.
Always seemed to be a bit of oil on the dust cover before the rebuild too. It was not orangish though. I mentioned this to the builder who said he didn't replace the seal because it looked OK.