My leaking main seal was the valve cover gasket that I cut while installing
it.  The oil was getting into the bellhousing and running out of the weep
hole.

Sam

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Robert McElwee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Hmmm, I'll take another look but I am pretty sure it is not the CAS or cam
> cover. Not sure about the head gasket but I think everything was dry up
> there with the only oil coming out of the weep hole. I guess we shall see!
> Thanks for the tips and suggestions guys!
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Cardell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>>  FWIW, we find most "leaking" rear mains really aren't. It is usually the
>> CAS o-ring running all the way down, or occasionally a head gasket (if a
>> 1.6). Pretty sure we've never seen a rear main brg fail by itself. I agree
>> with Ray that a failing rear main brg would cause the seal to fail, just
>> don't recall seeing it happen on a Miata.
>>
>>
>> Bill Cardell
>>
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