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Oil leak on driver side

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CiscoBite1Time

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Jun 26, 2002
milwaukee, Wisconsin
I just finished my 6 bolt swap in my car just recently. I have a 90 oil cooler and used RTV red when I put my oil pan on. I've noticed that my car leaks oil pretty good only after I drive the car. the car doesn't leak when it's sitting at idle. I suspected it was my oil pan and again tightened down the two or three screews on the oil pan on the driver side. I have yet to take my timing cover off and inspect the oil filter housing. My timing belt is oil free.

Anybody have any suggestions? Also would it be recommended to use some sort of UV dye?
 
well, clean the area off really good. then drive it again and find where its coming from.

people can point 1000 areas all day but its just going to boil down to what I just wrote.
 
I have small drips in some places so i just decided to change all the seals around the crank and shafts as thats the biggest issuse ive read, it will be hard to find but you will get somewhere
 
When you say drivers side, first thing that comes to mind is the crank seal or castle plug leaking. Castle plug happened to me before and looked like it was the oil pan.
 
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