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Leak near OFH?

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lucid15

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Oct 10, 2008
Portland, Oregon
Went out to my car just a bit ago and noticed i was leaking what i think is oil from near my OFH.

Just want to get people's thoughts on what it might be so i can order the appropriate gasket/part. It appears to be leaking behind the OFH somewhere. Behind meaning im laying down at the front of the car looking at the OFH and behind that more towards the rear of the car by 3-4 inches?

I am set to take my car to English Racing and have them install my gauges including oil pressure gauges in a few weeks but it looks like that might need to come sooner.

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It's kind of hard to tell from the pics, but it looks like its either one of the connections into the OFH (oil pressure sending unit?) or the gasket between the OFH and the engine. It could also be leaking from the oil pan.
 
thanks for the reply, oddly enough it stopped leaking as of now.. which is more annoying
 
My 91 gsx was doing the same thing. It would only leak when it was running, you could park it for a week and it would not leak at all. My issue was the ofh its self was leaking behind the oil filter. Put a 90 ofh on with a cooler and it hasnt leaked since.
 
Just make sure the oil cooler isnt loose! Take the oil filter off and make sure the screw on part is tight keeping the oil cooler on. I have seen them come loose quite a few times and you can lose all your oil real fast. There is an orange oring between the cooler and housing that will leak as well.
 
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