Unstoppable Oil leak
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Unstoppable Oil leak - HELP!!! Well ever since i did my cam swap this winter and dropped the pan, it wont stop leaking. It was only leaking a few drops a day, nothing major. But i hate oil leaks, big time. So i took the pan off, siliconed the gasket a bit, retorqued everything. Better, bot not fixed. So last week i took the oil pan out, the timing cover off etc. Put a new gasket in. Followed the directions in my hanes manual; Siliconed it along the front of the timing cover, and at all corners. Put it in, torqued to 180in/lbs's on the corner and 106 in/lbs's on the side just like the manual spec'd. So i let everything sit for the weekend to set nicely and everything. Drive the car to my g/f's tonight and when i come home, i get out and open the garage door, pull the car in. Walking back past the driveway, while my car was in the driveway ilding for like 30 seconds max. It has leaked about 6 small drops of oil. Enough to get my hand wet rubbing across it. Any help is appreciated guys, i dont know what im doing wrong.
I really hope this is just a bad crank seal or something leaking, seeing how i just replaced them when i had the timing cover off.
I really hope this is just a bad crank seal or something leaking, seeing how i just replaced them when i had the timing cover off.
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yea man i feel ya...ever since i got me car back from the rebuild its been leakin a lil bit every night, i took it back and put a cam in (my work) and did the oil pan seal and timing cover ...but i think its leakin out of the front of the cover cuz i didnt silicone it because the felpro instructions said to use none.....i wish i did now 
......yea leaks suck
......yea leaks suck
Originally Posted by Z28SkillZ
yea man i feel ya...ever since i got me car back from the rebuild its been leakin a lil bit every night, i took it back and put a cam in (my work) and did the oil pan seal and timing cover ...but i think its leakin out of the front of the cover cuz i didnt silicone it because the felpro instructions said to use none.....i wish i did now
......yea leaks suck
......yea leaks suck
I also used none but dont have any probs unfortunetly the rear intake,front cover and rear mainseals leak in a matter of time it just happens no matter how hard you try. Where is yours leaking off the pan? Front or rear?
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Originally Posted by 97M6Formula
I also used none but dont have any probs unfortunetly the rear intake,front cover and rear mainseals leak in a matter of time it just happens no matter how hard you try. Where is yours leaking off the pan? Front or rear?
I have had this problem from day one of the rebuild. I seem to have slowed down the actual leak but it looks like it's "using" oil. It looks like it's about a quart and a half low after a little over 600 miles since oil change.
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Well i got it up on jackstands today. It appears that my problem was the crankshaft seal. Somehow a peice of dried silicone got resting in there and when i put the hub on, it was resting between the hub and the seal, not letting it seal. You could actually see the oil dripping out and being slung around by the belt. Luckily i had a spare timing cover set in my toolbox and replaced it. Just grabbing some lunch before I go and test fire it. Thanks for the help guys 
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