Maybe I can get some help over here.
I have a mystery oil leak that is spraying a fine mist onto the firewall on the passenger side. I have inspected all the turbo feed and return lines, its not coming from there. The BOV is clean, so I figure its not the seals on the turbo. I have no inspection plate on, so I am thinking maybe a rear main seal leak. The engine only has about 4K on it but I guess it is possible. Can anyone think of anywhere else it could be coming from? DJ PS- the car is a 90 GXL with a TII swap, no emissions, stock turbo. |
do you have ABS? i could see it being the inspection plate, hard to guess without seeing exactly where it is.
kevin. |
a/c?
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No ABS (thank god)
No A/C, even if I had kept it, this is not Esther or PAG oil, it is engine oil. I'm really thinkin it might be the rear main. Great. |
i was just reading about this a few minutes ago, so check it out!
http://www.mazdatrix.com/faq/oring.htm if this link sends you to the FAQ's then click on the front cover "O" ring otherwise if it doesn't then you are there! |
i dont think that would cause oil mist on the fire wall
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hell, i don't know, but it is talking about oil spray and ****, so thought that he could look into it, considering his motor was rebuilt 4k ago! lol!
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might be front trans too...
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yea im thinking rear main or front trans.
kevin. |
I didn't even think of the front trans seal.
I will check the level on that. The oil level goes down normally so I did not think it was the rear main, but you never know. Plus an oil spray can make a serious mess like this even though the level may go down insignificantly. Dammit either way the tranny has to come out, yay. I guess now I can out in that ACT pressure plate I've had for over a year, or I can always get together all the TII driveline and put it in (like I should!!!) |
OK, so a friend of mine has my digicam so I had to snap a few pics with my phone. I hope you guys can get an idea of where it is coming from. I cleaned in up a little, replaced my Clutch slave and master cylinders, and put in an SS line. After driving her around for a day, here is some new evidence. It looks like its coming from somewhere around the UIM. Again sorry for the quality of the pics. HELP PLEASE!![attachment=41260:attachment][attachment=41261:attachment]
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FOUND IT!!
The OMP line for the rear iron was severed at the clamp. Now do I rebuild it or replace it? That could have been VERY BAD!! |
just buy new lines at mazdatrix
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could have been disasterous
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