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bmatt777 · 04-28-2022, 01:19 AM

I have a FBO 2019 SS that has been leaking oil for the past year. The first time I took it in, it was the front main seal. Got that fixed, then discovered the rear main seal was gone as well (second time). Just recently had the rear main seal fixed and also had to have my oil pan resealed. Both were done together last week (4/18 - 4/22). I drove it over the weekend and noticed I was still smelling oil but thought it may have been residual oil just burning off after the repairs. I merged onto the interstate Tuesday night (4/26) and noticed a trail of smoke coming from my car in my rear view. I immediately took the next exit and as soon as I stopped I noticed smoke coming up from under the hood and a potent oil smell, I almost thought the car was on fire actually. I parked the car and opened the hood and (no fire lol) there was lots of smoke. I looked under the car and she was pissing oil from the rear side of the engine.

Part of this is me ranting because I'm extremely fed up with this oil problem but I'm also looking for answers/suggestions because this seems ridiculous for a car that's only FBO pushing ~465whp. There are Camaros pushing way more power and I don't ever hear about seal issues or even oil issues for that fact. Maybe I'm just ignorant?

I'm not 100% sure that the real seal just blew again but I'm about 99.9% sure it did given the dramatic events that took place Tuesday night. I have a mighty mouse wild catch can (8AN 800hp) on the way to relieve the crank case pressure. This is the only remedy I can think of for now.

My questions are:

1. Why? Why on earth is my car being so malfunctional? I mean I JUST got the seal replaced and it seems to have blown again in < 1 week.
2. Will the mighty mouse alleviate this from reoccurring?
3. Is there an upgraded version of the rear main seal like the LS3 front main seal upgrade?

Any advice/suggestions/recommendations are very much welcomed. For the love of all things holy and sane, I want this problem fixed.

Thank you in advance.

04-28-2022, 01:19 AM	#1
bmatt777 Drives: Cevrolet Camaro SS Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Virginia Posts: 8	Leaking Oil for the Third Time I have a FBO 2019 SS that has been leaking oil for the past year. The first time I took it in, it was the front main seal. Got that fixed, then discovered the rear main seal was gone as well (second time). Just recently had the rear main seal fixed and also had to have my oil pan resealed. Both were done together last week (4/18 - 4/22). I drove it over the weekend and noticed I was still smelling oil but thought it may have been residual oil just burning off after the repairs. I merged onto the interstate Tuesday night (4/26) and noticed a trail of smoke coming from my car in my rear view. I immediately took the next exit and as soon as I stopped I noticed smoke coming up from under the hood and a potent oil smell, I almost thought the car was on fire actually. I parked the car and opened the hood and (no fire lol) there was lots of smoke. I looked under the car and she was pissing oil from the rear side of the engine. Part of this is me ranting because I'm extremely fed up with this oil problem but I'm also looking for answers/suggestions because this seems ridiculous for a car that's only FBO pushing ~465whp. There are Camaros pushing way more power and I don't ever hear about seal issues or even oil issues for that fact. Maybe I'm just ignorant? I'm not 100% sure that the real seal just blew again but I'm about 99.9% sure it did given the dramatic events that took place Tuesday night. I have a mighty mouse wild catch can (8AN 800hp) on the way to relieve the crank case pressure. This is the only remedy I can think of for now. My questions are: 1. Why? Why on earth is my car being so malfunctional? I mean I JUST got the seal replaced and it seems to have blown again in < 1 week. 2. Will the mighty mouse alleviate this from reoccurring? 3. Is there an upgraded version of the rear main seal like the LS3 front main seal upgrade? Any advice/suggestions/recommendations are very much welcomed. For the love of all things holy and sane, I want this problem fixed. Thank you in advance.