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Old Dec 27, 2011 | 08:41 AM
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After the recent bout with mud in the yard I now have oil leaking on bell housing. I suspected it was a bad rear seal doing the dirt but further hunting reveals oil all over the bell housing. Figure its the O.Pressure sender cant see anything else it could be. Any thoughts out there guys? Agh this one really torques my jaws because the last thing I did right before the bout with the mud was was clean the engine and was so proud of its appearance! Shoot I even taped a couple acid brushes to a ling extension and cleaned the firewall and all. It was soo pretty!!
 
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Old Dec 27, 2011 | 11:45 AM
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That sucks. Ya my guess would be oil sending unit or oil filter or oil pan gasket.
 
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Old Dec 28, 2011 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Crazy4x4RT
That sucks. Ya my guess would be oil sending unit or oil filter or oil pan gasket.
YA it is un the upper bell housing can see it from passenger side great cant see anything from drivers side so its got to be either a distributor seal or the sending unit. Ill change the sender, if its the dist seal that will have to wait. I actually prefer the 89 for around town everything works like the little critter is new, but I do need the 94 for towing and ive got two 600 mile tows to do as soon as I can.
 
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 10:34 AM
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intake valley gasket or sending unit. easier than a rear main at least
 
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