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Question Some strange oil found in the tunnel of the body

Hey guys,

Car is an 87 Carrera 3.2 with G50. Stock everything for engine and transmission.

Two things related to oil:

A few days ago I was under the car and noticed some wetness on the underside of the body. It looked like it was leaking out of all of the plastic drain plugs running down the center of the car. I did some inspecting and found a decent amount of what appeared to be engine oil in the tunnel. I pulled all the plugs and let it drain as best I could. It was sloshing around in there and even making it up to the pedal cluster area. The weirdest thing about this is that there are no oil lines in that part of the car or any reason why oil would be in the tunnel. My best guess was that maybe at some point in it's life, some oil made it in there during some previous ownership. Thoughts?

Secondly; I also noticed that my fittings for the oil return lines from the oil cooler up front and in the back by the reservoir have some seepage. Are there o-rings in there that need to be replaced? Suggestions on how to resolve this issue?

Thanks!

The car


The oil at the cluster...I promise you it's not brake fluid and it's not coming from the master cylinder and clutch master.

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