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Old 08-09-2021, 12:47 AM   #6
philcobill
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Exclamation Re: Do I panic? - Rear main oil leak.

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Originally Posted by Gene F View Post
Sometimes it is the front, and it trails back as you travel down the road. Wipe everything clean, push it onto clean pavement, start it up and slide under it.

From there you can assess. How many miles on engine? lightened flywheel? I take it that it leaked zero before? Are you a member of a local Model-A club chapter?
I do not know how may miles are on the engine. I know it has been rebuilt at least once, possibly twice.

Don't know about the flywheel yet.

That is correct, no or minimal leak out of this spot before. It started all of a sudden.

Yes, and I have been in contact with a Model A mechanic in the local chapter about this problem. He just told me to monitor the leak.

My concern is the suddenness of the leak and wondering if there is not something more going on.

What is disheartening to me is that I have had an engine sputtering issue and just replaced a condenser which fixed the problem. No sooner was that fixed, them this issue popped up.

Bill
Walworth, NY
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