Ok, took a peek under my car and noticed a whole lot of fresh oil around the bottom of the tranny case, passenger side sub frame, underbody, flywheel cover plate, and shift linkages. Checked my dip stick, sure enough, I was down a quart.

Cleaned all the oil I could, sprayed down areas with simple green, to see if I could find the origin of the leak. Couple days later, I check again and its still leaking in the same areas.

-I dont think its the oil pan gasket, because it seems to be flush and was replaced recently.
-If it were an axle seal, I would've been leaking tranny fluid and not motor oil, right?
-I would be skecthy to assume its the main seal, simply because it was changed at my first clutch swap @ 100k.
-The leak does not look like its coming from the head b/c it still appears to be clean as far as areas around distributor,vtec,and head cover seals.

The car has 108K now, any other suggestions or ideas?? All help is appreciated, as always.

 

 

clean everything, take out the flywheel cover run and check for leaks.
if you see wet by the bottom of the tranny its most likely the rear main

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mmuller &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">clean everything, take out the flywheel cover run and check for leaks.
if you see wet by the bottom of the tranny its most likely the rear main</TD></TR></TABLE>

So no problem with running with my flywheel cover off? No worries about debris finding its way up and in there? Or any other precaution I should use?

Another note: The oil is accumulating at the bottom of the tranny and is also noticeable where the oil pan and flywheel cover meet after cleaning the bottom end of the motor area, with the flywheel cover ON.

EDIT:Also, can it be any other problem even with these symptoms?


Modified by EnjoyTheRideDC2 at 9:51 AM 1/15/2006

 

for what your describing the seal sounds like the leaking one.
you will have no problems running with the flywheel cover off.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mmuller &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">for what your describing the seal sounds like the leaking one.
you will have no problems running with the flywheel cover off.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Am I understanding correctly that the transmission needs to be removed in order to replace the main seal?

 

yes sir