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  1. #1 List of problems looking to solve...any input welcome 
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    here the list of my problems,

    1. foglight don't work, all the fuses are good, only one bulb was bad, switch says their on, but they never come on.
    2. Also a similiar problem with my heated drivers seat I'm so new to heated seats that I don't even understand what would go wrong, the switch turns on but my butt stays cold.
    3. Oil leak on the belt side of the engine, causing a significant loss of oil, also visual inspection shows oil in strange places that lead me to Suspecting a front main seal gone bad.
    4. A noise like a bad C.V. Joint, but I'm pretty sure that it's not a bad c.v. joint no sounds when I turn. The sound happens when I take off and then right before the car comes to a complete stop. It's coming from the front drivers side of the car, but wondering if it could be a bad engine mount? I don't know it's just loud and hard enough of a jolt to make me worry?

    So any ideas on the problems I'm having or what I need to do to fix them would be much abliged.

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    Damn, lots of probs!

    1. The fog lights only work on DIM mode. Did you check that?
    2. Could be a bad switch or loose connection under the seat where the wires plug in to the seat. Does the switch light up on the current selection? (high or low)
    3. Is the oil high up on the engine or down low?
    4. Don't get me lyin to ya!
    98 GTP - Autolite 104s, wires, 180* t-stat, fwi, catless dp and plog, glasspack res, Reptile tuned PCM, tinted tails.
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    BTW, the nice thing about having switches that light up when you turn them on is that you can usually tell you whether your electrical issue is before or after the switch. If it doesn't light up when you switch it on, its usually a problem before the switch, such as a broken wire, bad switch, bad connection or blown fuse. If it does light up its usually a bad connection or bad device. Like I said, USUALLY because the light that indicates the switch is on could be bad as well. I.E. if the switch lights up, it's probably an easy fix.
    98 GTP - Autolite 104s, wires, 180* t-stat, fwi, catless dp and plog, glasspack res, Reptile tuned PCM, tinted tails.
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    Also, if your harmonic balancer isn't bolted up tight, it will leak oil out the front of the motor. Is it slinging the oil all over the pass side of the engine bay, or is it just leaking down?
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    yes the switch for both the fog lights and the heated seats light up, as far as the oil it's on the lower side of the engine
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    I think I fixed problem #4, it's what I suspected a bad rear engine mount, replaced it and she's solid as a rock. Also my brother in law the tire man, looked down there and suggested that I may not have had the lug nuts torqued down enough,(like most tires don't do). Causing the rotors to move just enough when the engin engages to bump the studs, making my noise. Problem #3 not a main seal at this point it's looking like just a leaky oil pan gasket, no oil anywhere near the crankshaft pulley but all around the top of the oilpan just behing it.
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