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Oil leak from plate on front of the engine

Tiny
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I have a 95 xj6 and on the front of the enging there's a triangle plate held on by 3 bolt and it leaking oil when I removed the plate it looks like there was bolt there but the head broke off should I be concerned? And what is causing it to leak is there a seal there or somthing


thanks in advance
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 AT 2:40 AM

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Tiny
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Take a picture?
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 AT 3:12 AM
Tiny
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Sorry about the 3 week late reply but heres a pic
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Sunday, May 6th, 2012 AT 3:31 AM
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Sorry if i'm late to see this but I see no pic?
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 AT 11:30 PM
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Ok it's up now but really dark!
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 AT 1:42 AM
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Yah too dark to make out. Shine a bright light on it.
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 AT 1:51 AM
Tiny
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First thing tomorrow I'll take a better pic but on a different forum someone told me that it was the intermediate shaft and that there's a seal for it but know one know the procedure to change it and I've been doing a lot of research with no success. Do you know anything about this?

P.S. Its starting to squeak from that area so I don't really drive it as much
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012 AT 2:06 AM
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Is that a 6cyl 3.6?
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012 AT 7:25 PM
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You can get an auto stethescope (harbor freight $5) or make your own or use some tube/wand to listen for the position/area of squeak. Probably not related to leak? You could pull cover off and look to see if seal is there or cover just needs some silicone sealer to stop leaking.
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012 AT 7:39 PM
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Ya imma pick one of those up and its v6 4.0
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012 AT 8:57 PM
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Here's a little video I made thought it might be better than a picture

http://youtu.be/VhaMrR-VptM
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012 AT 10:08 PM
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Video is difficult to watch. Jerky add too much movement. What that looks like is where a distributor used to go before they eliminated the electrics part of it. What is the blue stuff on the parts? Could be sealer someone has applied to solve leakage. If some of it got loose and got into oil passages this could cause oil starvation and eventual damages.
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 AT 10:21 PM

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