purekoryo Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I have a 96 Legacy station wagon n/a 2.2 l motor. I have recently noticed a large amount of oil dripping from the exhaust heat shield right above the catalytic converter. I've check in front and back of each head of the motor and found no major oil leaks. I've looked below where the engine and transmission meets and still no oil leaks, but i see a large amount of oil leak dripping from the top of the heat shield near the front of the catalytic converter. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegacyLou Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Take a look at your power steering lines, where they attach to the rack. a hose could be leaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLZ_Boy Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 For the 2.5 GT's, the manual transmission oil drain plug is just above the cat heat shield. You might want to check if the drain plug started leaking also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purekoryo Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 I failed to mention that this is definitely engine oil that's leaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00LegacyL Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Well first thing, i'd clean it off real good and then just watch it closely to see where it's coming from. Then you make your move from there. If it's towards the back, i'd guess the rear main seal; right where the engine meets the tranny. I have a '97 Outback Wagon(pretty much the same thing as what you have) and i had a ton of oil leaks & just got them all done, one major leak which happened to be the rear seal...i didn't even do that because i don't have time to pull the motor(or drop the tranny) lol but i fixed all of the other ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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