[Shotimes] Oil Leak

[Dave Hammond]

Lee-

I am on crack it seems, what looked like a line of some sort was actually a 
bundle of wires.  The pan is fine, front/rear seals fine, low oil sensor is 
on the wrong side.  I pulled the intake off and the back valve cover gasket 
is fine.  It must be that pressure sensor.  Guess I am off to the store 
tomorrow to get a new one.

Thanks for the help,
Dave

On Sunday 29 August 2004 13:54, Leigh Smith wrote:
> Assuming you are talking the back side of the engine block, the only oil
> line back there are two rubber lines for the power steering. They get kind
> of close to the exhaust manifold.
>
> The only external engine oil item would be the oil pressure sensor, which
> is a very common leak point. And it sounds like it is in the area you are
> speaking of.  The only other engine oil related items are the drain plug or
> low oil sensor, gaskets, 3 cam seals and 2 crank seals.
>
> Lee
>
> PS: I f you just had the oil pan off, maybe its from there.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Hammond" <iceman@cmgate.com>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 4:09 AM
> Subject: [Shotimes] Oil Leak
>
> > Hi all-
> >
> > I seem to have developed a new oil leak in the past week or so.  Is there
>
> some
>
> > sort of external oil line (cooler line?) that runs along a shelf on the
> > transmission above the pan where the filter sits?  The oil (engine oil)
> > is running down the transmission case in the area between the oil pan and
> > the trans pan and only really leaks when the system is pressurized and
> > shortly after the car is shut off.  I can't seem to find any references
> > to a line
>
> in
>
> > that area in the helms manual but I can see it with a mirror (barely) and
> > touch it (barely).
> >
> > Can anyone confirm its existence and explain what its for so that I have
>
> at
>
> > least a little bit of a clue before I spend the time to rip off the
> > y-pipe and oil pan to get to it.  Also, can someone tell me if this line
>
> (assuming
>
> > it exists) is made of rubber hose or if it is a metal line.  Naturally, I
> > find this leak *after* I just get done putting the bottom end all back
> > together from doing a new oil pan gasket and rod bearings etc.
> >
> > Oh and in case anyone is interested, as stated earlier I did the rod
>
> bearing
>
> > change recently, here are some pics of the top bearings that I pulled
> > out. The car has 151,000 miles on it, I bought it with approx 60,000
> > miles back
>
> in
>
> > 2000 and have run mobil 1 10w-30 oil since then.
> >
> > http://riptide.ethzero.net/sho/pics/rodbearings/cyl_123_top.jpg
> > http://riptide.ethzero.net/sho/pics/rodbearings/cyl_456_top.jpg
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any responses on the oil leak problem,
> > Dave
> > 94 ATX
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