All of the reponses and pictures have been helpful. Does seem like the dowel pin is leaking. The OMP I found and the lines are greasy but the oil is not pooling under the pump. The leak seems to be at the back of the motor on the passenger side. I put a plastic sheet under the car and this seems to be where a small pool of motor oil is leaking. Help

1985 GSL 12 A

I appreciate all the help.

 

How about trying some of that engine oil stop leak. Worked for my 12A.

Ray

 

that stuff actually works>? my gaskets and such for my oil pan are drenched in oil. i have a 12a as well. i never thought that stuff worked so i never bought it. what brand did you use?

 

The oil ends up at the back of the car due to the airflow.

 

Well I'm feeling like a preacher, I've given this sermon so many times already, but the short version goes: Ray buys his first 7 a few years ago, a stock 84 GSL, from his brother-in-law, gets it home, changes the oil and it's leaking like a sieve. A little poking around shows some epoxy spread along the rotor housings up in front of the 12A logo, on the driver's side of the engine, with a little pool of oil in the recess next to it. Calls brother-in-law and asks about getting it back down to Florida for an engine rebuild; also calls around about how much this is going to cost - about as much as the car (see the 84 GSL at http://members.cardomain.com/turd10).

OK, nothing to loose, so I switch to 20-50 oil and add some engine oil stop leak. Whoa!! Right away leak goes from drip-drip-drip to drip once in a while. After about 1000 miles, no drips at all, just surface oil. 30,000 miles later, with the stop leak added every 3-5000 miles at oil changes, engine runs great and oil leak, while not completely eliminated, is not a problem. The car got rear ended last summer, but I still have it, the engine runs fine and I plan to put it back on the road when (and if) the Turd (my 85 GSL) starts to look like more work. Engine Oil Stop Leak.

Amen.