Just fixed my oil leak!

[19Yukon97]

Well i got my oil leak fixed... I originally thought it was the rear main seal. It wasnt. It was my oil cooler adapter where the oil filter goes in. it had a really bad nasty gasket in it... anyone that is having that rear main seal leak check out that adapter. its a pretty easy fix. just make sure you get the mounting set from autozone. theres an orange o ring and 2 small black orings in where the lines for the cooler go in. and a gasket. fixed it and drove it around and now theres no leak. cept for my powersteering pump... gotta fix it now... but yea if you guys are having that leak look again and change your mounting gaskets on the oil cooler adapter and see if that helps! hope someone has the same luck as me!

Nick.

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

this has been a fix i've been putting off since i picked my truck up. not leaking real bad, but leaking none the less. good to hear its a siple fix, have to remember to actually fix it this spring.

same with the PS pump seals.

 

[LiftedTahoe847]

did that fix awhile back too.
took me 4ever to pinpoint it

 

[19Yukon97]

Yea pretty simple fix. me and my dad did it. took alil time. but we were goofin off also... haha!

96procomptahoe- yea mine wasnt real bad either... but it got real cold down here in texas. lol! so the oil pressure went up and there was a huge puddle of oil. atleast a quart and a half of oil. so yea not saying urs is gunna do it sooner or later... but might b going soon.

gotta do my ps seals next. anyone done them?

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hey procomp.

is it the power steering gear seal kit or the power steering seal kit? yes there different. i was just looking on autozone.com and they had like 5 different seal kits... just wondering if you knew which one or could give me a link?

 

[LiftedTahoe847]

just run your vin to find out which seal kit u need

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

i don't have a clue offhand. haven't tracked mine to exactly where it is leaking. neither are leaking bad enough to leave spots in the driveway or anything, just the bottom of the truck and surrounding components.

 

[19Yukon97]

thats wat mine did... but now i get to replace my power steering pump! yay not... o well

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

thats wat mine did... but now i get to replace my power steering pump! yay not... o well

eh, im expecting mine to go out at some point, the 35's can't be very easy on it.

 

[SunlitComet]

Actually it should be the resistance of the tread contact(Bigger tire-more tread contact) or stabilizer that would be the strain not really the diameter.

 

[19Yukon97]

i just have 265/75/16 all terrain tires on mine. Im just fixing a leak. and the leak is the PS pump... I told my dad i was gunna get the seal kit and he was like, "Son, we dont fix power steering pumps. we buy new ones." i said back, "Are you gunna buy it for me then?" he said sure... lol so im getting a new PS pump.