Oil Loss/Consumption/Pressure issue : Could it be Rear Main Seal?

[Joshua van Tol]

On Feb 2, 2009, at 8:21 AM, Hayes Myers wrote:

> Put the car on stands to get underneath and take a look.   Behind  
> the rear
> main seal there is oil streaming along the length of the tranny.   
> Looks like
> it has cleaned up the tranny nicely. (is that a sign of the  
> leak ?)   I'm
> wondering if a rear main could cause loss of 1 litre of oil in  
> 500km along
> with the oil pressure indication issue?
>

It sure could. I'd replace that seal and see what happens. Of course,  
at this point, the clutch disc is probably contaminated, so plan on  
replacing at least the disc, and probably the throw out bearing and  
input shaft seal while you have it apart.


>
>
> I was seeing fluctuating oil pressure with drops  below 2 at idle.and
> starting near full pressure on gauge and simply bleeds off pressure  
> as the
> car warms up.

How low was the oil? sounds like the pump was sucking air or something.