Nothing but frustrations folks!! After re sealing the oil pan with the standard felpro gasket set I thought I'd licked this oil leak....NOT TRUE!!! Still leaks, but I'm confident it's not from the oil pan, but the main rear seal.
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After letting the gasket set for a day, I'd gone out to the garage and fired up the Monster V8 only to see oil come out of the flex plate hole. Tore it off again and cleaned the area aft of the oil pan with brake cleaner and bottle brushes.
I have access to some of the best aviation seal where I work and I used that to encapsulate the entire aft side of my oil pan. The seal covers the entire aft rubber seal and bonds to the bearing cap...I can confidently say, oil is not getting through that seal. It's designed for extreme temps and 500 mph...I"m just saying.
Afer I applied that seal and let it set for 24 hours, I was able to fire up the engine again only to have oil drip off the back of the pan. I took an extra long Q-Tip and swabbed up oil off the back of the main bearing seal area common to the crank and all the way down to the pan....so it's not coming from the pan.
Now the question is how to fix the rear main seal without pulling the engine.....Shit this sucks...cause it starts and sounds awesome!!!!!
How much oil??? about 4 to 5 drips per minute once stopped then stops after a few minutes.