Looking for input from folks that have experience with the GM 60 degree engines. Just wondering if you guys have any ideas of where an oil leak on the passenger side of a 3.1L engine might come from.
Looking underneath, there is oil dripping from the motor mount on that side. Looking up, the only oil I can see is in the passenger rear corner of the engine block where it meets the timing cover. There's no oil on the back of the block (or toward the drivers side) and no oil on the oil pan itself. Oil is limited to the very corner of the block, around / underneath where the alternator mounts, and seems to drip onto the motor mount. I can't see where it might be leaking from, the area is wet and obviously oil has been running down it, but I can't actually see a leak even with the engine running. Area it is leaking from is above/behind the crankshaft seal, I'm certain it's not coming from there.
It seems confined to that very corner of the block. I'm pretty stumped. This engine / my garage floor was completely dry until a couple days ago, so this seems to have happened relatively suddenly.
Before I start taking things apart, adding dye, etc. to get a better view, anyone have any ideas or are there any common culprits for leaks in this area on this engine? TIA.
Looking underneath, there is oil dripping from the motor mount on that side. Looking up, the only oil I can see is in the passenger rear corner of the engine block where it meets the timing cover. There's no oil on the back of the block (or toward the drivers side) and no oil on the oil pan itself. Oil is limited to the very corner of the block, around / underneath where the alternator mounts, and seems to drip onto the motor mount. I can't see where it might be leaking from, the area is wet and obviously oil has been running down it, but I can't actually see a leak even with the engine running. Area it is leaking from is above/behind the crankshaft seal, I'm certain it's not coming from there.
It seems confined to that very corner of the block. I'm pretty stumped. This engine / my garage floor was completely dry until a couple days ago, so this seems to have happened relatively suddenly.
Before I start taking things apart, adding dye, etc. to get a better view, anyone have any ideas or are there any common culprits for leaks in this area on this engine? TIA.