B6T Oil Leak from Hell

[Aaronbrook37]

I'll let the pictures do the talking. The motor and motor bay get pretty soaked when the car runs and even when it sits. Keep in mind this is on a fully rebuilt motor with about 600 miles on it. Any ideas where to start? Crummy seal perhaps or unlucky bolt somewhere?

[skimsucka]

looking like your rear main seal (the most pita one of all) and maybe front main seal or cam seals

[Damkid]

What i would do is take a rag, wipe down everywhere you see oil, put it on car ramps, let it idle and watch where it leaks from

[georgeb]

Since it's blowing out at multiple places I wonder if it's a crankcase pressure issue.

[Bert]

My apologies, and totally aside from this thread, but I couldn't help but notice the professional-welded exhaust 'flex pipe' in your pictures. For all the folks that chronically suffer from severed flanges, broken studs and cracked/split pipes (for sure that includes me), even on stock B3 cars, please tell us what to do and where to go (hang on a second, let me rephrase that) for that stuff. Flex pipe options I was looking at 3-4 years ago were too big or too long to adapt to the front down pipe. Whatever you've done not only looks good but likely works even better.

[Aaronbrook37]

My apologies, and totally aside from this thread, but I couldn't help but notice the professional-welded exhaust 'flex pipe' in your pictures. For all the folks that chronically suffer from severed flanges, broken studs and cracked/split pipes (for sure that includes me), even on stock B3 cars, please tell us what to do and where to go (hang on a second, let me rephrase that) for that stuff. Flex pipe options I was looking at 3-4 years ago were too big or too long to adapt to the front down pipe. Whatever you've done not only looks good but likely works even better.

Sasquatch Racing & Development. He's a mad man with that welder of his, and worked some serious magic on my 2.5" cat-back. He's away this weekend but shoot him a PM for details on what parts he used and what sort of welder he has. I believe all of the components for this exhaust were sourced at local auto parts stores, and his welder ain't anything you couldn't find from a big hardware store.

As for my oil leak, it seems to have slowed down. Contrary to a few opinions, I went with a Lucas Oil product to add in the oil... and it seems to have made a huge difference. I jumped underneath as Dam Kid recommended and wiped everything down before firing it up, and the only tiny little leak I could spot was between the oil pan and the transmission, but it was so slow and insignificant compared to what I had before that the additive may just need some time to work! Hopefully that'll solve it... I did order a few gaskets for back-up just in case things go sour though. Thank goodness for Miata cross-compatibility for seals and gaskets!

[Aaronbrook37]

Turned out to be the oil pan and the turbocharger. Thanks guys!