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Tiny
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Cool, thank you so much Roy. Appreciate your help!
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Monday, June 11th, 2018 AT 1:57 PM
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Never a problem.

Glad to help.

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Monday, June 11th, 2018 AT 1:59 PM
Tiny
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Hey Roy, still getting a small oil trail on drive belt for alternator only and do not see any dripping from those power steering hoses I showed images of. Power steering fluid and motor oil levels look good. Could it be the small leak from the rear main seal trailing down that direction from the other side of the engine? Thanks so much Roy!
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Monday, June 11th, 2018 AT 6:47 PM
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You are going to need to have someone raise this car up on a lift and inspect under the car for this leak to verify where it is leaking.

Roy
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2018 AT 3:35 AM
Tiny
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I had that done when I had the oil pan gasket replaced and the three areas that they confirmed were the rear main seal, transmission seal, and oil pan gasket. Out of those three only the oil pan gasket was fixed due to finances and which was the worst leak. I have a feeling it is the front main seal between the crankshaft pulley and timing belt cover due to the location of the oil seepage and getting on that particular drive belt of the alternator. Perhaps they over looked it.
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2018 AT 9:43 AM
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Very possible. Have them take a second look since it has been some time since the gasket was replaced.

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Tuesday, June 12th, 2018 AT 10:33 AM
Tiny
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Well Roy I was right. I took the car to another shop for a second opinion and for a small fee they checked for all leaks. The good thing is, it is not leaking from the oil pan but it is leaking in two other locations but not where the other shop said. It is leaking from the crankshaft seal or front main and the camshaft seal like I thought. I need rear and rotors and pads so financially I cannot pay for both but either both of the oil leaks or the rear brake job. They recommended doing brakes for safety but what do you say? It is about $360.00 For the brake job and $816.00 for the two seal jobs. Let me know. Thank you Roy.
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Thursday, June 14th, 2018 AT 8:54 AM
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I am definitely all about safety.

Yes, do the brakes and the seals later.

Roy
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Thursday, June 14th, 2018 AT 10:32 AM
Tiny
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Okay. Thank you so much Roy. I was just worried about getting oil on the new timing belt but it is not doing that yet and he said it is a small leak. Thanks again Roy. I wonder how the other shop was so off on their leak diagnosis.
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Thursday, June 14th, 2018 AT 10:55 AM
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Hard to say. They may not have been interested in doing the repair.

Roy
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Thursday, June 14th, 2018 AT 1:09 PM
Tiny
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Hey Roy how are ya? Would you happen to know the spark plug torque specs on my 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS or is snug fine?
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Friday, June 15th, 2018 AT 6:21 PM
Tiny
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Hello,

Here are the torque specs for your spark plugs and a video on how to use the torque wrench:

Torque 20 - 30 Nm (15 - 21 lb-ft)
Gap 1.21 - 1.34 mm (0.048 - 0.053 in)

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-change-spark-plugs

and

https://youtu.be/juOClONIWeY

Please let us know if you need anything else to get the problem fixed.

Cheers, Ken

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Saturday, June 16th, 2018 AT 11:16 AM
Tiny
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Thank you Ken, I appreciate it!
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Saturday, June 16th, 2018 AT 11:41 AM
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Glad Ken took care of you. I was traveling to Claifornia today and just got here.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Always glad to help.

Roy
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Saturday, June 16th, 2018 AT 3:18 PM
Tiny
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Hey Roy, I know you shy away from no leak formulas but is LG 205 okay to use just to revitalize the seal until I fix them in about two weeks to a month? It is lube guard and liquid consistency similar to at-205 from atp. It says use for main seals. Please let me know. Thanks,
Michael
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Thursday, June 21st, 2018 AT 4:04 PM
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Nope, do not use it. The additive swells the seal to stop the leak. The issue is it keeps swelling the seal and eventually the leak will go to a gush.

It will effect all seals for the oil system. It will eventually leak like a sieve from every seal.

Roy
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Thursday, June 21st, 2018 AT 4:08 PM
Tiny
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Any suggestions until repairs are done?
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Thursday, June 21st, 2018 AT 5:27 PM
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Just keep an eye on the fluid levels.

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Thursday, June 21st, 2018 AT 5:29 PM
Tiny
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Okay sir. Thank you Roy!
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Thursday, June 21st, 2018 AT 7:00 PM
Tiny
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Hello Roy, do you by chance have a picture location for an idle air control valve for my car GS model? I got some throttle body cleaner and want to clean the throttle plate and surrounding walls of the throttle body and the IAC if needed. Please let me know. Thank you Roy,
Michael
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Friday, June 29th, 2018 AT 3:49 PM

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