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Is this normal? (UPDATE)

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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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yeah I get the same thing to. Bothers the hell otta me but dont know where its coming from. I just take a bottle of brake cleaner and shoot it clean
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 01:59 AM
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Update:

Took my car to Weseloh Honda (Orange County, California) to be worked on by Tony Ivy (Service Manager) and Hector (Technician) as advised by Shane from AVAS (Aliso Viejo Auto Service). Both Tony and Hector were awesome to work with and am glad that Shane recommended me to them.

Here is what my service paperwok says
"Removed transmission for inspection, replaced rear engine main seal that was leaking, replaced sealing bolt on engine block above rear main seal."

So far I have not seen new oil leak and am keeping my fingers crossed.

Tony, Hector and Shane For The Win!!!!
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 06:24 AM
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I hope it's the rear main seal...I have found the oil gallery sealing washer squished, causing what APPEARS to be a rear main seal leak. It is near impossible to tell the difference, unless the engine is run with the trans removed.

oil gallery plug and washer is in 1 oclock position from the crank:
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 08:05 AM
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I had that problem when my S2k had 7000 miles on it, but oil was coming out everywhere and it was infact the rear main seal that was malfunctioning
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 08:12 AM
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how hard is it to change?
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 08:57 AM
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well its almost like a clutch job your just replacing the rear main seal instead. when it happened to me i got a new clutch disk and what not because the amount of oil was so bad that it destroyed my clutch.
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Bliss@5200,Apr 4 2009, 08:57 AM
well its almost like a clutch job your just replacing the rear main seal instead. when it happened to me i got a new clutch disk and what not because the amount of oil was so bad that it destroyed my clutch.
Was your clutch slipping prior to when you got it fixed? Also, how bad is bad? Was there a pool of oil leaking from the car even when stationary?
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 10:08 AM
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Had the exact same thing happen to my MY'05 at 20k miles...I wonder how prevalent this issue is.....
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 10:37 AM
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Referring to Billman's concern about the oil galley plug and washer I think "replaced sealing bolt on engine block above rear main seal." may be one in the same. OP should be good to go.
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 11:09 AM
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I've seen porous transmission castings that leaked trans fluid in the same place.
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