[e92ryan]

Hello! I have no idea what part is causing this leak, the rectangular part looks like something is suppose to be there but i have no clue if that is true or not. any help is super appreciated! This is located past the back of the engine. I also can not see any oil leak from the engine bay, this is the only place it is present as it is leaking out of this spot.

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[MacGuberman]

Originally Posted by e92ryan

Hello! I have no idea what part is causing this leak, the rectangular part looks like something is suppose to be there but i have no clue if that is true or not. any help is super appreciated! This is located past the back of the engine. I also can not see any oil leak from the engine bay, this is the only place it is present as it is leaking out of this spot.

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I can't really tell from the pic where that is, but if it helps, my valve cover leak dripped oil off the right rear of the block and blew back from there…dripped on the downpipe and caused smoking. I could see that from above. My oil pan gasket leak caused oil to get all over the transmission and even farther back. I could only see that from underneath.

[SwedishWoodChopper]

Originally Posted by e92ryan

Hello! I have no idea what part is causing this leak, the rectangular part looks like something is suppose to be there but i have no clue if that is true or not. any help is super appreciated! This is located past the back of the engine. I also can not see any oil leak from the engine bay, this is the only place it is present as it is leaking out of this spot.

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Where exactly is the leak coming from? Between the engine and transmission? Or up front in front of the engine?

[e92ryan]

Originally Posted by SwedishWoodChopper

Where exactly is the leak coming from? Between the engine and transmission? Or up front in front of the engine?

between them yes, though I was able to find someone to put it on a lift. leak ended up being in two places. at the rear main seal and the oil pan. Decided to go to a 10W-30 Synthetic blend oil to help the seal and lessen the amount of leaking. is this something that could actually work out long term or is it more short term and i will have to end up doing the rear main seal?
Also drove it today on the new oil and got no dripping at all

[SwedishWoodChopper]

Originally Posted by e92ryan

between them yes, though I was able to find someone to put it on a lift. leak ended up being in two places. at the rear main seal and the oil pan. Decided to go to a 10W-30 Synthetic blend oil to help the seal and lessen the amount of leaking. is this something that could actually work out long term or is it more short term and i will have to end up doing the rear main seal?
Also drove it today on the new oil and got no dripping at all

It's definitely something you'll have to replace sooner rather than later, I'm actually currently doing my rear main seal as well, it's something you shouldn't wait on too long, before you pull the actual rear main seal out, check to see how far out of the block the old seal is, if it looks like it popped out about half way (proper seal is supposed to be buried in there), that's not good, that means you may have too much pressure building up in the engine which is a result of your PCV system in the valve cover being clogged up, it's a hot mess, that's what happened to mine, so I have to replace the valve cover, but if yours is just worn out and still fully seater you'll be ok just replacing it