hey guys i just removed my 5 speed trans and i found out theirs a leak(Seeping) right around the rear main seal. the guy that was helping me told me its the oil pan Seal?. what u guys think??? im gonna have pics up 2 night of the leak(Seeping). i bought the whole bracket for the rear main seal. has 5 holes but only 3 are used.cost me $33.00 my cost

Could be the upper oil pan gasket and/or the rear main seal. You might as well replace all of them while in there. Its a pain in the ***** too. I just did mine and my car still isnt back on the road.

to do the oil pan do i have to drop the trans again?

Yup

heres a pic of the leak what u guys think is it bad? http://ri-sho.tripod.com/zmtx1.JPG

Umm if you have fluid seeping from around the rear main seal, don't ya thing that the REAR MAIN SEAL may be the culprit?

when you remove the oil pan you will see that there are 2 crescent shaped gaskets that go in between the upper oil pan and the engine block. the rear one actually seats in between the rear main seal bracket and upper oil pan.

to properly install it the upper pan and tranny have to removed at the same time. it will be a biatch.

remove the dipstick when you are reinstalling the pan.

so what u guys think it is??? rear main or oil gasket (HEARING BOTH SIDES)im thinking just do the rear main seal and see if it leaks cause i don't get any leaks YET!.. any ideas??? from that pic?

from my experience i would say it looks like the seal between the pan and the rear main seal bracket. if i were you i would replace the RMS, the crescent seal, a re-silicone the entire upper oil pan.

I'll say its the oil pan Seal. I think if it was the main seal it would have leaked onto the flywheel and the flywheel wouid have sprayed it all around in a circular pattern.

im gonna replace the remain seal u think i can just clean it and just put re-slicone over it would fix it? casue i heard it a big job. 2 do the pan.

i urge you to reconsider and redo the pan. however if you red the RMS only then i suggest that you clean thoroghly and silicone the $hit out of the whole area.

i have had the RMS done twice but i am still having the same problem with the oil leak.

aight i'll try that, casue i don't have no leak yet i only seen it when i pull the trans. hopefully its the RMS thanx bro

Let me know what happens, I think I have the same problem.

99% of the cars you pull a transmission off of are going to look like that. The fact is there is no perfect seal, and there is always going to be a little seepage, unless the seal is brand new. The question is how much is it leaking? If it is not contaminating the clutch, or if it's not leaving drops on the driveway, don't worry about it.