I get 5 to 10 drops of oil when the car sits overnight. Never have to add oil between changes. Noticed a leak down by the lower pulleys at the bottom of the belt. Not sure where to start. Suggestions?
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08-17-2014
I get 5 to 10 drops of oil when the car sits overnight. Never have to add oil between changes. Noticed a leak down by the lower pulleys at the bottom of the belt. Not sure where to start. Suggestions?
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08-17-2014
looks like the crank seal. the balancer needs to come off to change it. id clean that all up with de greaser, then watch it closely to make sure its from the seal.
08-17-2014
Just follow this video, I know hes working on a 3.1 but its the same concept for the 3800 just different sized bolts. And I am not gonna lie that seal is a real stubborn ***** to get in. And remember the bolt on the balancer is reverse threaded.
Originally Posted by The Sunfire Guy
08-17-2014
As stated, clean the area good and then look for a drip falling onto that silver bolt. Mine only dripped with the car running. My problem was the harmonic balancer seal
08-17-2014
Dude replace your motor mount.
Originally Posted by The Sunfire Guy
08-17-2014
Yeah, the rubber is a bit messed up on it. It's actually quite solid still though
08-18-2014
if it is the seal make sure you replace it with a factory on i repaced my wifes three times with three diffrent brands they would last anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 weeks factory one has held up for a 18 months
08-18-2014
I have a Fel PRO in my car been there since March of 2013
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Originally Posted by The Sunfire Guy
08-18-2014
Since when? Every crank bolt I've ever pulled off a 3800 was normal thread.
08-19-2014
Than what bolt am I thinking of?
Originally Posted by The Sunfire Guy
08-19-2014
I think one of the tensioner pulleys is reverse thread
08-19-2014
Oh **** yeah the alt or supercharger tensioner is iirc.
Originally Posted by The Sunfire Guy
08-19-2014
the one on the alt bracket is. some bonnie and park aves have the reverse bolt on the sc tentioner.
09-28-2014
I to had a leak from the front main seal so I replaced with one from Timkin and now its leaking 10 times worse then before, I know I got it in there and flush with the block and I cleaned that area before installing it so what gives? I'm so confused I really don't want to take all that back off due to it being a major pita. Please help me.
09-28-2014
Get a stock acdelco crank seal. Had thr same issue with 2 timkins, got a 10 dollar acdelco wlone from dealer stopped it right away.
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10-12-2014
OK sorry, it took so long to get back to you guys on this, I replaced that piece of junk Timkin with a Genuine GM Part from the local dealer and its still leaking, not anywhere near as bad as it was with the timkin but its still dripping, I'm almost willing to bet it has a lot to do with the mileage the car has around 200,600 miles or so on the clock. Any ideas? Also it feels like the car has absolutly no balls at all when I get on it.
10-12-2014
You may need this since you have such high miles..the old gasket wears a grove in balance..put this sleeve on balancer and it should help..it took mine about a week of dripping after a gm gasket and the sleeve then it went away.
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http://m.autozone.com/autozone-mobil...alancer+sleeve
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10-12-2014
You also have a pcv or vacuum.problem if it has no get up..maybe building to much pressure in crank case and causing seal to blow out. Check.lines and pcv.
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10-12-2014
I'll have to check those thanks
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