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How much oil can an oil pan gasket leak

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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 08:46 PM
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How much oil can an oil pan gasket leak

i got a pretty big oil leak
at least a good ft in diameter puddle maybe less by a bit but its quite a large quanitity of oil.
Any idea if the oil pan could leak out this much
i usually notice it after drivin leaks for a bit
then seems to stop
any idea what can be causing it?
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 03:49 AM
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My oil pan never leaked a lot but it did leak a little so I did replace the gasket. Rear of intake leaked at one time but it was never a lot but did reseal it also. My biggest leaks were at 115,000 miles, optispark oil seal started leaking like crazy, huge leak. replaced seal. at 125,000 miles water pump drive seal started having good leak also, so I replaced all 3 front seals at that time... opti, crank, waterpump drive. now at 131,000 miles leak free Z
Old Feb 23, 2004 | 05:42 AM
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u may be right
cuz theres oil on the wires even
but i see it leakin in behind by the drain plug above it
usually after drivin
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