Hey guys, so I've got an 89 Dodge Raider V6 3.0, pulled it into the shop and noticed it was leaking oil pretty bad..here's what I've done so far..
-put a new fitting and copper hose instead of the plastic one it had for the pressure gauge..not the problem
-washed all the oil off to get a better look at where it was coming from. looks like it was coming from the front lower part of the oil pan where it meets the crankshaft. so dropped the oil pan(headache) glad I did cause the gasket was cracked in all four corners and looked like the previous owner tried to seal it up with more silicone. Got the oil pan back in..still leaking, looks like its coming from above the oil pan and made it look like it was the oil pan gasket
-next took off the harmonic balancer and all that to check the crankshaft seal, looks like it was wet all in where the timing belt is so replaced that seal and just put it all back together, still leaking just as bad
Does anyone have any ideas on what to check and try next? I read another forum on here that there problem ended up being the passenger cam seal
Thanks,
Mackinley
-put a new fitting and copper hose instead of the plastic one it had for the pressure gauge..not the problem
-washed all the oil off to get a better look at where it was coming from. looks like it was coming from the front lower part of the oil pan where it meets the crankshaft. so dropped the oil pan(headache) glad I did cause the gasket was cracked in all four corners and looked like the previous owner tried to seal it up with more silicone. Got the oil pan back in..still leaking, looks like its coming from above the oil pan and made it look like it was the oil pan gasket
-next took off the harmonic balancer and all that to check the crankshaft seal, looks like it was wet all in where the timing belt is so replaced that seal and just put it all back together, still leaking just as bad
Does anyone have any ideas on what to check and try next? I read another forum on here that there problem ended up being the passenger cam seal
Thanks,
Mackinley