John03Z71
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So I spent over an hour last night getting dirty trying to find the leak with zero luck.
First thing I did was pull the starter off, since I dried everything up the night before and the very first drips started forming on the starter bolt closest to the block. Crankshaft position sensor appears dry, and I really couldn't see any significantly wet areas above the starter which really puzzled me considering the amount of oil that is dripping from this area. The flywheel was dry, so does this mean my rear main should be fine?
Second, I pulled the plastic engine cover off and reached around the back of the block on both sides to feel around, elbow deep, hoping I could feel some oil around the oil pressure sensor but couldn't feel anything significantly wet, just pulled back some greasy gritty fingers.
I'm totally stumped on this one. I plan to bring it in to a local independent shop this afternoon that has great reviews, so hopefully they can help me find this leak, it's driving me nuts.
I got optimistic for a minute because I noticed my oil dipsick is broken off from the mounting bracket at the top of the engine just below the yellow ring, which is also giving it some play around the area where it enters the block down low. I noticed some shiny wet oil around that entrance, but wiped it dry with the engine running and nothing was coming out but the steady fast oil drips kept falling from the starter bolt. sigh......
First thing I did was pull the starter off, since I dried everything up the night before and the very first drips started forming on the starter bolt closest to the block. Crankshaft position sensor appears dry, and I really couldn't see any significantly wet areas above the starter which really puzzled me considering the amount of oil that is dripping from this area. The flywheel was dry, so does this mean my rear main should be fine?
Second, I pulled the plastic engine cover off and reached around the back of the block on both sides to feel around, elbow deep, hoping I could feel some oil around the oil pressure sensor but couldn't feel anything significantly wet, just pulled back some greasy gritty fingers.
I'm totally stumped on this one. I plan to bring it in to a local independent shop this afternoon that has great reviews, so hopefully they can help me find this leak, it's driving me nuts.
I got optimistic for a minute because I noticed my oil dipsick is broken off from the mounting bracket at the top of the engine just below the yellow ring, which is also giving it some play around the area where it enters the block down low. I noticed some shiny wet oil around that entrance, but wiped it dry with the engine running and nothing was coming out but the steady fast oil drips kept falling from the starter bolt. sigh......
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