Help me find my oil leak! Options

[bkrantz]

As I described in my build thread, last year, once I got the engine running, I noticed significant oil drops (or more) after each drive. With winter in full throttle, I decided to drop the motor, and see about fixing the leak.

Here's the view of the front. Maybe you can see some oil.

[Superhawk996]

I think you have oil going in the direction of the yellow arrow - collecting at the blue stand off and dripping down to the motor mount via the zip ties. It also drips down the black wiring and drips toward the center of the engine.

I don’t think the front crank seal is all that wet to be running down to the blue area. The tell would be if there is a stream of oil in the valley the red arrow is pointing to. From what I can see, I think the red valley is pretty dry.

If it’s coming from the oil pump area via the yellow route. Then I think it’s worth checking the gasket between the case and the oil pump. What is the thick wet looking black stuff? (Purple arrow) Is that a paper gasket or is that RTV between the pump body and the case? RTV won’t be enough to hold back pressurized oil that is between the T1 oil pump OD and the case ID.

The head scratcher is where did the oil in the filter top come from? Is the oil filter tight enough?