oil leak help
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oil leak help
i need help i have a oil leak that i thought i fixed but i guess not.... my oil pressure switch went bad and was leaking oil everywhere, i changed it and fixed my oil leak problem. a few days later i came home from work to find a big oil puddle under the car. i put the car on jackstands, cleaned off the bottom of the motor and oil pan. i let the car sit for a day came home today and checked it out... looks like the the leak is coming from the back of the motor. it looks like it could be my oil pressure switch but i just changed it and checked it for leaks and its not leaking. my upper oil pan gasket might be leaking (i think it is a little bit) but its not the cause of my oil slick. my starter is covered in oil, my oil filter gets covered in oil. i took of the plastic peice off that is next to the oil filter that once removed shows the flywheel, when i took the peice off alot of oil dipped off the plastic... please help i have spent many hours looking for this leak. im starting to think my rear main seal is leaking... what is the rear main seal? what is the gasket that is located above the upper oil pan gasket between the bellhousing and the engine block (near the starter).... thanks for reading/ helping
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Check your oil lever sensor, it is located near the starter. Try to clean off as much oil as you can and maybe remove your exhaust manifolds/headers so you can get a better look in there
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is the oil level sensor the sensor that is directly on top of the lower oil pan in line with the starter?
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is the cam sensor actually under the intake or do you just have to move the intake to be able to acess the cam sensor o-ring?
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Here is a pic of the sensor and the location at back of engine.
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ONE QUESTION... in order to change the cam sensor do i absolutly have to remove the intake? i ask because i used the cutting the windsheild wiper area method to replace my fuel pressure switch to avoid having to remove the intake, and they are right next to each other.
thanks for posting the pic
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Strodder, The C5 is a great car and bang for the buck absolutely 100% cannot be beaten. "You gotta pay to play"
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That's probably what was leaking on mine. Lots of work on a gamble though. I agree the C-5 is a big bang for the buck. You can't beat that. What bothers me is that I have a 06 Silverado that hasn't had a bit of trouble and it's got 80,000 miles on it. The Corvette had only 60k, and too many things going wrong with it. The oil leak was the last straw, after replacing the oil pan gasket. The leak went away for a couple of weeks, then came back. Other small things that were going on also that bugged the crap out of me. My 99 C-5 did the same small things that bugged me too. It kept on breaking while I was trying to sell it. I've had 10 Corvettes 59 to 01 since I was 18, and these 2 Vettes were the worse ones for chicken $hit things going on. I've been a professional mechanic for over 50 years, but on German Cars, and have worked on and restored many Chevys. I hate it when my own cars break. We bought a 03 Lexus SC430 with 100k miles on it. I gota tell you it's much more desirable to drive than the 2 C-5's I've had. Except not near as fast, and love the looks of the Vette much more. It's the Wifes car, and she's happer with it. There will be a C-6 in the future.