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Well, 7,000 miles and 7.5 months after using stop leak to plug the front main seal, the leak has returned. There is no question it is the front main. The oil is coming out from a weep hole in the timing belt cover right under the front main. I am bummed, but at least the stop leak gave me 7K clean miles.
Now I learn an important lesson. I suspected the seal might be leaking when I did the timing belt a year and a half ago. But I had so much trouble with two old stuck bolts that I just wanted the job finished. So I denied what my own eyes were suggesting to me, kidding myself it could be oil infiltrating from a leaky oil pan gasket and choosing not to investigate further. I wish I had done the seal then. Oh well!
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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