My 1997 Honda Civic is leaking oil?

My car is leaking oil on to the splash shield and on to the ground. It is the front of the car and lined up with the rear main seal, what is the leak coming from?

Either a hose has a hole or the seals are done check them individually it may be time consuming but you will find the leak and will know what to replace

Just like you have a rear main seal in the back you have a seal in the front of the engine where the crankshaft exits. On the front of a crankshaft you usually have a harmonic vibration balancer, or some such thing, that your pulley attaches to that drives your serpentine belt. I would guess the seal on that is bad. That is about the only place I can think of that oil can be leaking from on the front of the engine unless your oil filter is leaking or it is not engine oil but transmission fluid, or power steering fluid.

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