RE: Bell housing leak

["Joe Costanzo" <costanzo@domain.elided>]

Kevin,

If I didn't know better, I would think that your wife was driving my Scout!
I have tried a couple things trying to avoid replacing the rear main seal,
but I think I'm going to have to do it anyway.  I replaced the oil pan
gasket, doubting but hoping that this would be the problem.  It wasn't.
While I had the inspection plate off the bell housing, I was able to confirm
that the oil was indeed motor oil and not gear oil from the trans.  Next
step was to replace the PCV valve  (clogged valve = pressurized crank case =
(?) force oil out through seal?  No luck again, as expected.  So, soon I
will doing my rear main seal.  Yahoo.

Joe Costanzo
'79 Scout II


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
Kevin Curry

I've never torn down an engine or transmission like a lo of you out
there have so I'm still kind of green when it comes to
auto-mechanics...My wife was running the engine on the Scout the other
day and I noticed there was oil leaking from the bell housing. I was
leaking about 3 drops per minute so after about 20 minutes of running it
there was a pretty good sized puddle underneath. What should I be
looking for??

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