Spider oil leak

[hugh shawcross <shawcros@domain.elided>]

Spiros:
Did you drive the a Spider prior to searching for the dye evidence or was
it just run in a static poistion?
Is there a chance that the oil ran along the top of the transmission from a
leaking cam cover and then found its way down to the bolt and brace? 

Hugh,
Medicine Hat,
' 74 Spider


>Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 18:24:46 -0800
>From: "Spiros Angelopoulos" <alfista164@domain.elided>
>Subject: Help with Spider oil leak -- too weird for me!

>Howdy

>I am trying to figure out where my '85 Spider is leaking from, so I used
>fluorescent dye with UV light to detect the leak.  I poured the dye in the
>engine oil-fill hole.  Then, I found two areas that showed the dye: The first
>at the rear-most part of the upper oil pan (around the bolts that attach
it to
>the lower part of the block), and the second at one of the bolts that holds
>the transmission together, at the rear most part of the tranny.  I can
>understand the first one, as it could be the seal between the pan and the
>block, or the main engine seal.  The second one troubles me though.  There
are
>no streaks from the engine to the tranny to indicate that oil leaks and then
>slides all the way to the transmission.  Not only is the lower-most bolt at
>the end of the tranny soaked (it is about an inch away from the tranny's
drain
>plug -- which shows no signs of leak), but so is the lower part of the nearby
>brace that holds the exhaust in place. How can the dye make it to the
>transmission?  What gives???

>If anyone needs clarification, I managed to take a couple of photos, so I can
>e-mail them to whoever can help...

>Please help!!!

>Thanks,

>Spiros
>'85 Spider
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