Oil leak from VR 5ltr. .

[blo304]

If you are lazy and cbf fixing your rear main seal, put heavier oil in it.

A rear main isnt really that hard to change if you have the right tools for it. Its just a matter of driveshaft off, trans off, torque converter and flexplate off, hook the old seal out, fit a new one and reassemble.

this is for a v8 mate not a 6..


what oil did you put in it... if you put in a thin full syn then its probably going to leak where it never used too..

 

[IBLOWN]

this is for a v8 mate not a 6..


what oil did you put in it... if you put in a thin full syn then its probably going to leak where it never used too..

No he's right. If you have the hook tool you dont have to pull the motor out.

 

[89vn]

I used magnatec 10w 40? Should i change to something else?
And now ive washed the engine down the oil pressure light has come on?
Could this be because i got water in it?
Really getting to my wits end with this car!
Quick replys if possible. . Before i burn it. . Lol

 

[ashleysnep]

this is for a v8 mate not a 6..


what oil did you put in it... if you put in a thin full syn then its probably going to leak where it never used too..

+1

No he's right. If you have the hook tool you dont have to pull the motor out.

For a V8 you do, the seal is under the rear main cap. Imposible to access without taking it off, then if you dont have the tool to do it, have to lift/drop (depends if your doing it under the car or not) the crank to get to the other half of it.

I used magnatec 10w 40? Should i change to something else?
And now ive washed the engine down the oil pressure light has come on?
Could this be because i got water in it?
Really getting to my wits end with this car!
Quick replys if possible. . Before i burn it. . Lol

Put some 20w-50 mineral in it (GTX2, Nulon, etc), with some stop leak if you want and see if that fixes the leak. That oil to me seams way to thin.

Might of got some water in the conector for the oil presure switch, let it dry out. But you will instantly know if it dosent have oil pressure next time you go to start it if its been sitting for a while. You will hear it.

I put some Full syth in the old V8 just before powercruise, didnt leak bad before that. After powercruise I would have 1-1.5L a week leak out, but that motor was coming out anyway so I just had the full syth in for POWA!

Btw I wish all I had to do was my rear main to get my car back on the road! Rear mains seem simple comepared to the **** I have to fix!

 

[89vn]

Im pretty sure its because i put that 10w 40 in that has caused the leak. Went to repco and got 20w50 so ill put that in tonight.
I also got another oil pressure switch also so if the light stays on once i put the new oil in ill just change the pressure switch.
Its leaking out the rear main when the oil gets hot but when it cools it doesnt leak.
Obviously because the oil is to thin and leaking when hot?
Is that right?

 

[304runner]

If you are lazy and cbf fixing your rear main seal, put heavier oil in it.

A rear main isnt really that hard to change if you have the right tools for it. Its just a matter of driveshaft off, trans off, torque converter and flexplate off, hook the old seal out, fit a new one and reassemble.

Not in a V8. The crank need to come out.

 

[304runner]

Oh, and thinker oil wont stop it leaking for long.

It gets pretty thin when it heats up...

take some pics for us to see....

 

[89vn]

Now i wished i gee never serviced it.! Was fine before this!
Ill take some pics tonight for ya when i get it back on ramps.
Ill take them before i burn the car! Lol. .

 

[89vn]

Ok so ive changed the oil to 20w 50 and took it for a drive. . The oil leak has stopped!
Dont no how long for tho.
But my oil pressure light is still flickering off an on? Could i have stuffed the switch above the oil filter by spraying it with water?
Also how hard is it to change? I brought a new one.

 

[VR38]

Give the connector time to dry out, the switch may come good.