djmtsu

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.

teknics

do you have ABS? i could see it being the inspection plate, hard to guess without seeing exactly where it is.



kevin.

j9fd3s

a/c?

djmtsu

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.

89rx7gtu

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!

jwteknix

i dont think that would cause oil mist on the fire wall

89rx7gtu

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!

j9fd3s

might be front trans too...

teknics

yea im thinking rear main or front trans.



kevin.

djmtsu

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!!!)