hello H-T'ers

I have noticed yet another leak on the bottom of my car. The last time, it was the axles, but now those are repaired.

I have no clue how this drop of oil got there. the stamped letters say P2E AT if that helps with the location.

here is a picture:

http://i22.photobucket.com/alb...9.jpg
throw me your ideas again.

thanks


Modified by ekcivic9 at 10:39 PM 9/13/2005

 

looking like rear main? hard to tell from the pics

 

could be alot of things... why dont you try taking a picture from farther away...

i'd say: rear main seal, oil pan gasket, oil filter, or blinker fluid.

 

advan you are right it is the rear main seal.

now my question is, how DIYable is this?

 

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now my question is, how DIYable is this?</TD></TR></TABLE>

if you need to ask that question, i suggest you don't do it yourself. but i'll break it down really quick for you.

-The rear main seal requires the transmission to be taken off, so out it goes
-look into seeing if you need a new clutch *(manual transmission)
-next goes the oil pan *(note that taking off the oil pan requires taking off the lower portion of the header and possibly other objects in the way)
-might as well replace the oil pan gasket
-now you can start at the seal.

pretty straight forward if you know what you're doing... in this case, you dont

best of luck to you

 

time to bust out the helms again.

the axel wasnt bad when you have pictures and instructions!

 

is this one of those pictures where you guess wtf ur lookin at?

 

why yes mr. smart ***.

i can barely get under my car to take the picture, nonetheless get a perfect picture to show where the oil is coming from. and i do not have my jack stands with me right now.

so you tell me, am i supposed to find a 45 degree swivel lense for my camera?