Welp guys, looks like I have a long road ahead of me. I was at the gas station yesterday and just for the hell of it I popped the hood to take a quick peek. Well its a good thing i was low on gas and good thing I looked under the hood. Opened the hood and my heart sank..... oil was spewing from the side of the block by the front seal!! Of course I shut it off and had it towed home, got it home filled it back up with oil since it was more or less gone, started it for few seconds and thats when it was clear it was the front seal, or some other seal around there...... so m out of commission for a while guys...... anyone know how hard it is to replace that seal without ripping apart the motor????

 

Can you give us more specifics on the location or pics?

 

Are you talking about the front main seal at the crank? If so, you are talking oil pan, crank pulley, timing belt, covers, and the the front cover which has the oil pump gear in it. All the fun **** to occupy a day.

Mike

 

i'll get the specifics in a few days......... back to work for now...... hopefully i'll get time to take it apart on tuesday.... m pretty sure its the front crank seal....... which by the sound of it won't be that bad...... i hope......i'll keep you posted

 

hey man thats not as bad as you think, I just got done replacing the crank seal on my motor. I took the car around the block after installing my ignition, only to find i was leaking oil back to my house

anyways i did the work with a friend and it was not too bad at all. good luck.

 

now thats really messed up all that for nothing I bet something else for the hell of cars is still gonna sneak up on ya costing you even more money. Thats what I call the car automobile curse.

 

Yes i think the car is cursed too. Heres a quick rundown of mishaps since I 've had it..... first week i owned it, hit a deer, new front end and hood, 2nd week, not one but 2 flat tires, about a month later, lost the clutch, a week after that, car was broken into and stereo (tv no less) stolen, then it was ok for about 3 months, then it got boosted which took 4ever to do....... 1st week it was turbo'd...... blew the tranny, 2nd week- blew the cat, third week, blew the oil pan gasket 4 times and ended spending 600 bucks on the moroso deal after frustration, then after that I lost my ignition coil, and now this........... the damn car is killing me!!!.......

on another note, i'll be lookin into the car 2morrow, i magically got off work somehow