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It seems as I look for a car that many have oil leaks of some sort. Is this common? Can you tell me the obvious (rear main?) and maybe not so obvious leak points to watch out for?

Thanks in advance,

EW
 
rear main, intake, and valve covers all fairly common, especially the rear main.
 
The rear main leak is VERY common on these cars....actually on every G-body! next in line would probably be the valve cover gaskets. Keep in mind that a leaking rear main seal is not an indicator of a bad car. Its just a bad seal design, plus 18 years of flexing/drying/cracking, etc. My friend's 8,000 mile GN even has a slight rear main leak.
 
Hi,
Oil Pan leaks come to mind, also. I used a felpro silicone gasket when I changed the rear seal on my car(I used the lip seal, by the way).Anyway, a couple of thousand miles down the road, a leak started that at first I thought was the seal again. Now I think I have an oil pan gasket leak, right above the starter on the passenger's side. I would advise using the thick cork gasket that a lot of people sell. Kirban is one of those folks.
Front seals are equally prone to leakage,rope doesn't cut it in my book.Try the lip seal up there too. Yeah, you have to watch for those valve cover and intake end seal leaks too. All this stuff dries out with time, and the gaskets they have for today's motors do a better job, but our engines were designed long ago, when sealing tech wasn't what it is today. Plugging the leaks should not be an ongoing thing. Good luck!
 
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