Could it be something as simple as the dipstick tube or oil fill tube not
being tightly connected?

-Mark

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 6:06 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:

> I seem to have them.
>
> Got my 88GL back today with the new manual tranny. But guess what - got a
> serious oil leak right under the crankshaft pulley, seemingly in the
> vacinity of the oil pump. WTH ( what the heck!).
>
> This really has me confounded. The last few months it's been one thing
> after another. Last time it went out the door of the shop after getting
> CV's lubed and some other things, and the brakes failed right out the front
> door of the shop. I found the problem and fixed that without further ado.
> This time I had the tranny changed and a new clutch put in, and it works
> great, but right out of the shop Black Oil Niagra Falls starts at the
> pulley end of the engine. What the hey?
>
> Spent a ton, expended a lot of my own energy fixing, and I still can't
> really drive it anywhere. Back end is covered in so much oil its dripping
> off the bumper and trailer hitch!!
>
> Any suggestions anyone - besides driving it off into the river?
>
> John
>