ste drivs

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got a 97 sti,looked under the car as was leaking oil quite bad were the gearbox bolts to the engine it was dripping oil from there.there was no cover on the bottom of gearbox and could see oil dripping from inbetween the gearbox and flywheel think it is rear crank shaft seal,going to take the engine out but was wondering if it can leak from anywere else.thanks ste

noturbo

My old classic leaked from the front crank case seal if I remember correctly, it leaked straight onto the exhaust manifold and burned off producing a nasty noxious smell and smoke. Think it's quite common on scoobs so deffo worth taking a look.

I think it was about £80 to fix at a Subaru garage.

ste drivs

iTrader: (2)

its not coming from front its defo from the rear,engine out tomorrow will see then

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

Could be the access cover on the back of the engine for removing the piston gugeon pin?

ste drivs

iTrader: (2)

just run the engine and could see oil dripping from were the box joins to the engine, and there is no cover on the box and could see it dripping from behind the flywheel, so guess it must be the rear seal unless anybody else has any ideas.ste

prodriverules

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The cover I speak of is behind the flywheel mate,It has to be either the rear crank seal or the cover plate leaking,engine out either way I'm afraid

ste drivs

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thanks for the replys, engine ready for comiming out tomorrow so hope to get it sorted asap and hope its not something worse

Firez34

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Hi fella did you sort this and find out where it was leaking, would like to know as I changed the oil in the rear diff and gear box today and whilst under the car noticed it was wet with oil. It's seems to be coming down from somewhere up at the back of the engine on my car and onto the gearbox casing and dripping off just before the gearbox drain plug. Cheers for any info, Steve.