rear main?
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Cargo Master
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rear main?
well i noticed oil leaking ,a very small amount out of the tube coming off the dust shield.could it be the rear main?and is there anyway to stop it so i dont have to seperate the tranny?
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if you keep looking you may find that it's coming from a valve cover gasket, but if it is for sure a rear main it's either replace, or you can try to run a couple of treatments of Auto RX through the thing. I've had some amazing luck with leaking seals with that stuff. If it works , it will hold for a very long time after, if not, you have a clean engine and you needed to replace teh thing anyway.
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now the stinkin oil pressure has jumped down on the factory gauge it hovering on the o on normal.this has all happened since i changed the oil.it is the valve covers leaking and a little out of the filter the filter just needed a wrench put on it about 1/4 turn after hand tight.so whats the deal with the oil pressure?it has 2 quarts of lucas in it so thats why im worried.
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You can't trust the factory gauge, its just an idiot light with a needle. If your pressure dropped below the worry level, your oil warning light would go off. You need to put a real gauge on the thing if you want to find out what the pressure is doing.
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why would i drain some oil?i added lucas instead of 2 more quarts of oil
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