Why would a 1991 Lincoln Towncar leak coolant from around the bell housing?

Question

Yesterday my 1991 Towncar started overheating so I parked it and after it cooled I checked the coolant, which was bone dry. So I put a gallon of water in the resivor but I noticed it was leaking out from wherewhere under the car and coming down from around the bellhousing. I haven't gotten the car up in the air to see if it's not just dripping from somewhere else..but it's coming from that general area. The car doesn't have to run for this leak to occur, simply putting coolant in the resivor is enough. Running the engine does not make the coolant leak faster nor have we found traces in the engine oil or transmission. I've looked in the service manual but can only see where the heater core goes into the back of the engine, but that seems to me like it'd only leak when the system is running and under pressure.

Does anyone have an idea of where I should look?

Answer 1

To the person who said that the 1991 Lincoln Town Car was available with either the 5.0L V8 or the 4.6L V8. You are wrong. The 1991 Lincoln Town Car was only available with one engine and it was the 4.6L SOHC V8. 1991 was the first year for the 4.6L SOHC V8 and the first vehicle that it was used in was the 1991 Lincoln Town Car.