Oil leak
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2009 Rx8, automatic - After replacing the "main" fuel sending unit to fix a gauge problem I needed to de flood my car to get her running. Now it is time to fix a oil leak. Car has been sitting for about a month while I work on it off and on to fix the fuel gauge problem. I noticed while I was working on her I had a nice size spot of oil built up. Possibly building under carriage shelding. Prior I notices small spots on garage floor so not sure if this is just a build up from sitting. In the picture I put cat litter on the spot from day before. The darker spot was from this morning, driveway has a slight slant to it as well. The leak itself, could this be the seal (gasket) on the valve pan needing replaced?
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It could be the oil pan gasket, could be front main seal, could be one of the oil cooler lines, could be a badly seated oil filter, could be a lot of things. Unfortunately, there isn't much we can do just by looking at this picture.
Wait did you say valve pan? |
Loki, ooops.... yes meant oil pan. Will take a closer look sometime this week and see if I can determine the source.. Thank you for the feedback..
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Do any body knows how to replace the main oil seal? I'm having problems with the mail harmonic bolt. Do it comes out counter clock like normal bolts or clock wise?
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I don't know but do you think that a 2011 RX-8 with only 27K miles should need it's oil pan gaskets replaced? Dealer wants over $400 to do it, it seems a bit much if you ask me.
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oil pan isnt a gasket. its rtv and is easy and cheap to replace. drain oil, remove pan, clean all surfaces, run bead of good rtv, lightly snug bolts till it starts to set, wait a bit before final tq down, wait a day before filling with oil, enjoy
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Originally Posted by wizowoz
(Post 4805454)
I don't know but do you think that a 2011 RX-8 with only 27K miles should need it's oil pan gaskets replaced? Dealer wants over $400 to do it, it seems a bit much if you ask me.
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