oil leaking. Oil sending unit?

[Urban_Squrill]

I went under my car to see is my oil pan is leaking, it looks like its coming from the oil sending unit. So do I neeed a new oil sending unit or is their a gasket or something?

[gthompson97]

are you sure it's not coming from the front crank seal? that's what happened to me. i had a leak near the corner of the pan and replaced everything and it was still there. pulled off the timing belt cover and it was pouring out from behind the crankshaft timing belt pulley. i just replaced the front seal and i'm now puttin it back together.

[Urban_Squrill]

Humm I will have to look, what is invloved replacing that seal? How much did yours leak.

[97_3clipse]

dose it constantly leak?
when i would boost my car alittle and i got home it started dripping all over the oil sending unit, look up and it was just my dip stick poping out spraying oil all over the motor.... damn you 15 year oil dipsitck

[Urban_Squrill]

It only leaks when the car is running.

[gthompson97]

mine only leaked when the car was running too. replacing the front seal is one step farther than a timing belt job.

you take off all the necessary components to do a timing belt, take off the timing belt and then pull off the timing belt crankshaft pulley. to do this you'll need a puller. don't use the jaw type pullers though, you'll break the crank pulley. use the type that you have to use bolts for. you'll need 3 (i got 4 in case i broke one) 6" 6MM metric bolts with a 1.0 thread pitch. i got mine at mac's. they're kinda hard to find them that long. be sure to soak the crank pulley and shit down good with pb blaster the day before and spray it on about 10 minutes before you pull it off. pull off the crank pulley and there will be a seal inside of it. i just used a screwdriver to pull it out.

to put the new seal in i used a socket that had the same diamater of the metal part of the seal and tapped it into place lightly. you'll then need to put the crank pulley back on in the same manor. using a socket that's a little bigger than the inside diamater of the crank pulley and make sure they key stays lined up straight. put that all the way on and then basically do a timing belt job. i put on a new timing belt as long as i had everything off.

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How hard is it to replace the oil sending unit?

[Urban_Squrill]

Its leaking form the oppisite side of the motor. More to middle right not the left.

[97_3clipse]

im thinking turbo, check the feed and return lines...

[gthompson97]

he's got a gs. have you replaced the valve cover gasket lately?? they leak off the backside sometimes and it makes quite a mess down the backside of the engine.

[Urban_Squrill]

Nope, but it is coming from down their. Their is no way it is coming for anywhere but around their.