sealing oil leak. wrenchers only

[70chevrolet]

Originally Posted by My84Z

First just get under the thing and tighten all the oil pan bolts. If the intake has never been off I'd daubt it was up near the intake my guesses would be rear main which u gotta pull the trans. Or pan which sucks

can I do that without oversquishing the gasket out and making it worse?

Originally Posted by ILuvPizzaTimes10

rear of the intake is an LT1 thing. so dont bother there. rear of the oil pan is common more so then rear seal on the LS1. bad filter gasket from a cheap filter can cause a leak as well. IF its all in the rear of the engine?

awesome, thanks for that. makes sense now that I think about it about lt1 vs ls1. as far as cheap filter...haha. I use fram so its totally possible. My pan seems to def be leaking because its all around the pan. also, when running, it drips pretty heavy off of the lower part of the bell housing at idle, so that leads me to believe that its rear main seal or maybe oil pressure sender and dripping down. Ill have to check inside the bell housing to see if wet in there to confirm rear main, i guess?