i have a huge oil leak.
I wiped everything down and i saw oil comin from under the opti. I guess it could be from higher up as well just leakin down the opti?
any suggestions?

 

My car was doing this too.

Dealer said it was the front seal leaking, not the opti.

They replaced both. Then again, it was a dealer...

 

front seal from where

 

What did it cost to have them done?

 

According to the invoice:

"Tech found the front crank seal and the lower bolt for the optispark leaking oil at bolt hole."

I got the opti from jason cromer (sp) for $280.

Labor for the opti was $328
Labor for the seal was $96.58
Total parts and labor, etc. was $577

If your going to a dealer, shop around--the pontiac dealer wanted $2000 for labor on the same procedure!

 

Thanks I have a leak in the front but a big leak in the back. Front about the sizes of a dime and the back about the sizes of a dollar bill, not good

 

do u gotta take of the water pump for all that?

 

Yea cause it's coming from the piece of $hit water pump seal.. Good luck getting that thing fixed... It will NEVER BE RIGHT.. Even if you do get it on right.. It will leak soon again... Those things are soo $hitty that I finally bypassed that hole all together and put an electric WP on!

 

with an electric wp no more problems??

 

Nope, I bypassed that seal ALL TOGETHER... Thank GOD NO MORE LEAKS EVER AGAIN

 

hmm not a bad idea
If i was to keep the stock WP how long will it take me to complete this job?

 

pull the fans off, drain the coolant, remove the wp bolts, then pop the old seal, then spend who knows how long even trying to get the new seal on.. Which you will more than likely BREAK so then you have about 2 more on hand to try to do right I would say a couple hours.. Just cause that seal is such a PITA... I seriously got tired of it.. I got mine on and thought it was perfect and that pucker leaked AGAIN So I said screw that $hit and finally by-passed it

 

When you get an electric water pump.....what happens to where the stock pump is. How is that area closed off?
Bill

 

Water pump bolts onto where stock was. Old hole for shaft is plugged with a freeze plug

 

its from the timing chain cover trust me do that and the intake trust me willl save you a big headache