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Originally Posted by Stevedave
So possibly an oil leak from the engine working its way back? Something like a timing cover leak?
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it shouldn't be a timing cover leak-- that would be at the very front of the motor-- any mechanic should be able to easily identify that, as the whole motor and trans would be wet.
i think ultra's thought of it being either a broken trans vent is on track, or possibly an over-filled trans. though in his picture, the neutral safety switch is on the same side as your pictures-- it could also be a failed switch allowing oil to pass by it.
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Originally Posted by Stevedave
Are you thinking the leak is not transmission related? More specifically, nothing to do with the output shaft seal? In this case, would it be worth having a dye test done to see if the engine’s leaking oil?
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very first thing to remove any further speculation, i would clean the transmission off of any current oil/wetness, and run a hand over hte suspected trouble spots feeling for lost/damaged/broken parts.
of course, it won't be fun getting under the car, and hosing it down with engine degreaser, but the first step in any leakage issue is to verify that the indications of a leak are a real and current problem, and not a past previously-corrected-but-not-cleaned problem, or even something as simple as a one-time over-fill event.
from the pictures provided, it just doesn't look like a rear main seal to me, unless you spend a majority of time driving the car backwards.