Oil leak at rearof engine/front of tranny

[stayalert]

Did a wee bit of searching....Time to get the mirror out, assess pcv valve and change motor oil....This was seen last night on my friends '94 photos show flywheel portal and inside side of rubber cover............pan arch?, rear main? we'll see.....Rob M Concord, MA forget the mileage....guessing about 140Kmiles?

 

[Rookie2]

Pretty common. Bitch to fix. I'd leave it.


Rookie2

 

[stayalert]

Pretty common. Bitch to fix. I'd leave it.


Rookie2

That's my current thought...I would like to verify my suspicions tho....It could be worse.....It could be MY truck

 

[RavenTai]

I don’t see radial oil streaks on the flywheel, I would think that is a pan arch leak.

My 80 does have these radial streaks leading me to believe that I have a rear main leak,

 

[cruiserdan]

Prolly a pan arch.

 

[Tools R Us]

Check the valve cover too, I have seen rear valve cover leaks contribute a lot of oil to a drip in that area.

 

[concretejungle]

I think it's funny we all crack on rovers for leaking and there is no denying that cruisers leak a good bit too. I would bet that 90% of board members have something leaking on their cruiser.

 

[stayalert]

I think it's funny we all crack on rovers for leaking and there is no denying that cruisers leak a good bit too. I would bet that 90% of board members have something leaking on their cruiser.

It is somewhat funny but as an owner of a '67 rover and a '94 cruiser I can assure you that you are talking about orders of magnitude in difference. one could desccribe a cruiser leak as a weep....A rover? a Torrent would prolly be about the adjective of choice.

 

[Cruiser Jimmy]

Take this posts advice: Replace the gaskets.

What I did was to start from the top and work your way down.

Valve cover
side cover gasket (if you have a 3FE)
oil pan gasket
Then finally, if all else falses
Rear main seal.

Good luck

 

[zipastro]

Check the valve cover too, I have seen rear valve cover leaks contribute a lot of oil to a drip in that area.

Agreed and often over looked........
many have found the the bolts finger tight.....

 

[nyk438]

I have a rear seal leak, and it looks like I have a slight oil pan gasket leak now. I'll get at them someday. My next thing to look at is the PS gearbox is leaking PS fluid.