ye olde oil leak

[PatBuckley]

Steam clean the back of the engine and bell housing area, let it dry, drive it, black light it.

If the leak is not obvious, pull the trans and reseal the galley plugs as well as checking the front seal of the trans for leakage.

Are you using synthetic oil?

If you are, stop.

Good luck.

[Naumoff]

What Pat says is a good thing to do.
If you have a leak from the back of the intake manifold and or valvecovers it can run down the back of the engine and show up at the front of the bell housing.

What kind of bellhousing is it?

[double ugly]

It's a lakewood housing. We did the black light test and found no evidence of a leak except on the flat front of the bellhousing.
John

[Naumoff]

Yeah.
And that engine plate goes right up to the back of the intake manifold.
You can't see the back of the manifold or put your fingers on it to check if the manifold is leaking.
Take a small wad of cotton on a skinny stick and swab the small space between the bellhousing and the manifold.
A throat culture swab would be perfect.

[double ugly]

I'll give that a try.
John

[c6ae]

If you decide you have to remove the flywheel to find the leak, don’t overlook the cam plug. I have found this to be a more common leak than the other smaller gallery plugs. The cam plug is installed with the cup facing in, unlike a water jacket core plug ( and occasionally installed incorrectly!)

[double ugly]

If we have to go that far, I'll make sure it's in correctly. Do you have the screw in or press fit plugs?
Thanks, John