My car has been leaking oil to the point that I need to check the oil level each time I drive the car and top it off. I knew that the oil pan was leaking, and assumed that fixing that would fix the problem. I sealed the pan with black hi-temp silicone, and believe the leak is gone there. The overall leak is slower now than it was before.

Now after sealing the gasket I allowed the car to idle to operating temperature (no drips yet) and drove ~1 mile with medium boost and returned the car to clean concrete. The subframe/undertray and other parts were clean of oil (after sealing the pan), so no old deposit would have leaked. However, after getting out of my car I looked under and noticed oil dripping from the area around the front of the oilpan/subframe. The entire engine has some oil on it, and the leak SEEMS to be coming from the front of the engine. I cannot pinpoint the exact location of the leak.

From what I've gathered on the forum, the leak is likely coming from the front main seal or the front cover bolt. Are there any other possibilities for me to check into if oil is dripping from an area near the front of the pan?

Thanks,
Steve

 

Oil metering pump.

 

what about oil cooler pipes?,,they bolt to near enough the front of the engine

 

One of them bolts to the front using copper crush washers and I've never seen one of those leak. The OMP has an o-ring gasket behind it and if that o-ring is the original one then it is probably leaking by now.

 

I forgot to mention that this is a mazda reman with a little over 10K miles. Turbos and chassis have 57K, with turbos boosting strong.

 

bump

 

where is the oil metering pump..?

 

Front passenger side of the motor and right above the oil pan. It sits right above the front turbo oil return line.

 

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/bad-install-during-reman-crappy-seal-402265/

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/front-cover-oil-leaking-409665/

 

Thanks for the into! It looks like this is a decent possibility and I'll be looking into it!

Steve