Bottom, Where it attaches to the block.

Eric 

> On Apr 3, 2023, at 10:43 AM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Eric,
> 
> Is the oil coming from the top of the dipstick tube or from the bottom of  the tube where the tube and dipstick enter the block?  
> 
> Bruce
> 
> On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 7:06 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net <mailto:ericcaron96@comcast.net>> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
>         My 85 2.3 seems to be spraying a very fine bit of oil.  I noticed it when washing the van.
> 
> I found it on the rear hitch, mustache bar and the step that I have in the rear hitch.  Some perhaps on under side of motor.
> 
> This is a fine layer but noticeable.
> 
> With a friend I had him look at the area and then went for a ride. 
> 
> When we came back he checked to see where he might find oil.  It looked to him to be the dip stick seal to motor. 
> 
> I’ve never changed this before.  
> 
> Can anyone talk me through the steps and also comment on if this seems like a source of the oil mist at the rear of engine  toward bumper. 
> 
> Appreciatively.
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 85 Westfalia