Oil leak - On bell housing, new pan gasket

Hello:

Just replaced my oil pan gasket with a felpro three piece set, used a fully tube of number 2 gasket sealant and all I though was good. I put a new dip stick in got er full of oil to take out and test.

After the engine has been driven, or has set for about 5 minutes on idle, a drip of oil start again that appears between what I think is the main seal and the transmission. The old gaskets were awful, and I am pretty sure I seated them right, and now am faced with a new issue. The wierd part is that the oil looks old, not new oil.

I can watch it come down, it appears where the pan mets the metal potion of the tranny. I apologize I do not know the technical term.

Has anyone experienced this? Was it a main seal? DIY job? I did my oil pan gasket in about four hours if that gives an indication of ability of working on the car.

72 bronco, 302.

I would also check your heads and intake manifold for oil. Valve cover could be leak source.

Eugene

Repaced the valve cover gaskets and intake manifold gaskets. Number 2 sealant across all of them, RTV on corners. Problem still persists, only when the car is warm. Actually get's worse the hotter the car becomes. I think I am going to through some engine brite on it and head to a local wash to hit the bottom to get a better idea of where it is coming from. Where the semi circle of the pan meets the housing is where it looks like it is dripping from.

Sounds like a main bearing seal or transmission input shaft seal.

It does sound like a rear main seal but I would also check the back of the intake if you used the cork gasket in the valleys with or without sealant. I think the general consensus (definitely my opinion) is to put a 3/8"-1/2" bead of sealant across the valleys (overlapping onto the intake gaskets) and forget about the cork.