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Posted: 05-25-2005 12:38 am

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Dan (Florida)

Joined:	03-16-2005
Location:	Ormond Beach, Florida USA
Posts:	97
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Thanks for the come back, The leak is up to around 2 quarts a week if I drive several times a week. Its bad enough to where I've added a 4"x"6 drip pan under the rear main seal to hold the oil while in the garage. The choke cable lowers the rear edge to drain the pan on the road. Oil pressure is terrific and I've even removed the oil cooler without any adverse effects to lessen a few minor line leaks. I'm thinking that I could hoist the engine high enough to remove the pan and bearing cap, but removing the top half of the seal might be a problem with the crank in place. I'm no fan of laying on a creeper under that oily mess. The car really isn't in good enough shape to attempt a 2.2 upgrade and if it came to that I would rather try a Mazda rotary instead. All of that empty engine bay leads to all kinds of projects that I would rather not get into. Cruising is a lot more fun.

Dan