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Originally Posted by christuna
Maybe its something simple like a dipstick tube seal or a pan gasket? Rear seal likes to go as well. Would be silly to take out the powertrain just for that.
You can smoke test the transmission through the dipstick without oil in trans to see if it's something simple.
But I agree with you that taking out the powertrain would be the way to do it if it's more serious or if you just want to make the car more reliable.
Because it's an 87 I would check for camshaft wear. Timing chains dont last more than ~140k on these engines so check for wear on that too.
Head gasket brands - elring or geniune mb (I think that the genuine one is made by elring anyway)
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The leak seems to be coming from the perforated housing between the engine and trans. So I'm assuming that means front seal. Is that not correct?
The engine has 240k miles, and I figure with the engine out I should just go ahead and do the head because I already have it out. Also I think I'm leaking oil from the head gasket as well. There's an oil leak somewhere, though it could be the valve cover gasket.