1994 oil leak from rear of motor

1994 BUICK ROADMASTER

RICKYLR

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Engine Mechanical problem
1994 V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic
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i have a buick roadmaster that the front main seal was replaced on and the oil pan seal was replaced but it leaks oil somewhere near the oil pan it actually looks like its leaking above the oil panit gets all over the converters and flywheel which causes it to smokei at least need to know where to start looking what to try ive tightened every bolt and nut i can find a list of trial and errors would be wonderful thankyou please reply asap

Aug 17, 2008 at 8:38 PM

MHPAUTOS

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Hi there,

If there is no visible leak from the rear of the heads, valley cover or rocker covers that may be running down, i feel that the rear main oil seal is leaking , if so the transmission will have to be removed to access it.

Mark (mhpautos)

Aug 18, 2008 at 12:56 AM

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