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Oil Leak, Need Help

Old 03-12-2003, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Daiv Makitsu' date='Mar 12 2003, 11:37 AM
would a bad rear main seal be accompanied by bad oil pressure as well?
Any leak will lead to low oil pressure. How's your turbo?
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Old 03-12-2003, 02:19 PM
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my turbo is fine, i just have a small vacuum leak, but i'm pretty sure what hose that's from. I just remembered that when i changed my oil yesterday, the seal fell off the oil filter, and i'm guessing that's what its from. i didn't even think of that until now
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Old 03-12-2003, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Daiv Makitsu' date='Mar 12 2003, 12:19 PM
my turbo is fine, i just have a small vacuum leak, but i'm pretty sure what hose that's from. I just remembered that when i changed my oil yesterday, the seal fell off the oil filter, and i'm guessing that's what its from. i didn't even think of that until now
If that big o-ring came off then you'll get a VERY large leak.
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Old 03-12-2003, 02:26 PM
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yeah, it was leaking pretty bad the other day, and its not there now. damn FRAM oil filters. it was actually still on the car when i took it off. thats a big relief, i'm still going to keep checking it just in case. thanks for all the help.
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some brake cleaner works wonders for cleaning off oily gook from the engine so you can clean everything off and see where the leak comes from at that point. It sprays out with a decent amount of pressure and cleans everything instantly and dries fast.
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