leaking coolant from rear of engine/tranny

[anthony714]

ok guys need to know if anyone else had this problem..kinda at a cross roads, about actual problem.got a decent coolant leak from rear of engine.its definetly leaking out from the bellhousing,how its getting there is unknown.heres what im looking at .one a possible cracked block or leaking core plug,but a crack is uncommon and based on the shop manual it dont look like theres an core plugs on the engine block behind the tranny,
this leaves me with the idea that a head gasket could be leaking in the cylinder valley and running down past the starter and into the bell housing area..anyone seen this before??

[JimW]

darn, sounds like quite the problem.

The configuration of the engine in the 1995 is slightly different then then 96+. What is the year and mileage of your car?

I had something like this happen to my last car which had a 3800, it was leaking coolant from the engine block heater, the butterfly clip that capped the block heater rusted out..... I dont have my manual handy, so I cannot confirm the location of the block heater on the Aurora...or if you even have the cold weather package.

Others will post with other ideas. I hope its not a cracked engine block

[anthony714]

its a 97 with roughly 90,000