-cam plugs are new
-oil pan appears dry on the bottom (gasket is new)
-spool valve gaskets are new
-valve cover gaskets are new
-the car is an unmodified '92 with 218,000 miles on it and I do not know when/if the RMS was last replaced.
-From what I can tell, the car only leaks while parked & once turned off (I can let it idle in the driveway for 20 minutes and it does not leave a spot, but turn it off and leave it in the garage overnight and there is a small oil-glaze under the same spot.)
-Again, once parked after a long/spirited drive and shut off it smokes very slightly from the rear vent (aka window garnish). The smoke was worse prior to replacing spool-valve gaskets, VCGs, & cam plugs. Most of the time it is just a smell of burning oil, with not actual visible smoke.
I have a leak coming from nearly dead center on the car, it appears to be coming from the area around the left-most side of the oil pan, and drips off of the bottom of what I think is the transmission case.
Are rear-mail seal leaks at all common on these cars, and assuming (worst case) that is what it is, do they have any propensity to become 996 Porsche-level catastrophic?
The clutch does not slip at all, which in many cars is a symptom.
I don't want to just go bumbling around on some assumptions. I guess I need to put the car on a rack and have a closer look at it.
-oil pan appears dry on the bottom (gasket is new)
-spool valve gaskets are new
-valve cover gaskets are new
-the car is an unmodified '92 with 218,000 miles on it and I do not know when/if the RMS was last replaced.
-From what I can tell, the car only leaks while parked & once turned off (I can let it idle in the driveway for 20 minutes and it does not leave a spot, but turn it off and leave it in the garage overnight and there is a small oil-glaze under the same spot.)
-Again, once parked after a long/spirited drive and shut off it smokes very slightly from the rear vent (aka window garnish). The smoke was worse prior to replacing spool-valve gaskets, VCGs, & cam plugs. Most of the time it is just a smell of burning oil, with not actual visible smoke.
I have a leak coming from nearly dead center on the car, it appears to be coming from the area around the left-most side of the oil pan, and drips off of the bottom of what I think is the transmission case.
Are rear-mail seal leaks at all common on these cars, and assuming (worst case) that is what it is, do they have any propensity to become 996 Porsche-level catastrophic?
The clutch does not slip at all, which in many cars is a symptom.
I don't want to just go bumbling around on some assumptions. I guess I need to put the car on a rack and have a closer look at it.
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