Oil Still Leaking....
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Oil Still Leaking.... Ok, this is driving me crazy, between my friends and I, we've done about 10 cam swaps. I've done 2 on my car. For some reason, I cannot find the cause of my oil leak! I never got any leaks before.
I was certain it was the seal, I changed it, it still leaks. The car only leaks under pressure so its nearly impossible to find. If I drive normal, it is fine, idleing, its fine, but when I get on it an build up the pressure it leaks all over.
Anyone have this problem?
Where else could it be leaking from? It is definitely the bottom of the motor, not the heads/valve covers, etc..
I was certain it was the seal, I changed it, it still leaks. The car only leaks under pressure so its nearly impossible to find. If I drive normal, it is fine, idleing, its fine, but when I get on it an build up the pressure it leaks all over.
Anyone have this problem?
Where else could it be leaking from? It is definitely the bottom of the motor, not the heads/valve covers, etc..
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Originally Posted by SS1875
Did you RTV the corners of the pan before installing the front cover??
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Originally Posted by DaddySS
Is it definitely coming from the front? Can you put it up on stands and get the RPMs up while checking?
I was able to tighten the bolts at the bottom of the cover about another quarter turn, I'll hope that does it..
The front main seal, did you tighten down the pulley first, then bolt down the front timing cover? I didn't do this when swapping out my oil pump, and messed up my front seal so I had to get a new one and do it right.
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Originally Posted by Krab
The front main seal, did you tighten down the pulley first, then bolt down the front timing cover? I didn't do this when swapping out my oil pump, and messed up my front seal so I had to get a new one and do it right.
It's not teh seal.What is near the AC compressor thay could leak the oil. It seems to be near that.
I'm fairly certain it is not related to the timing cover It seems pretty dry. I see alot of oil on the bottom of the AC compressor
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i had the same problem,only on the rear of the motor when i did the H/C on my car.to make a long story short,one of the cross main bolts was missing(behind the starter).that's why i do all of the work on my car now,i don't trust a lot of mechanics these days.i doubt that's your problem though,just thought i would share my experience.
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Well, its definitely the front of the motor, but I did swap my H/C and it has leaked ever since.
I wonder if there could be a bolt in the front somewhere I missed?
I just hate to ake it apart again until I fine out where it is. Its so messy when all that PS fluid spills out of the lines while removing the assembly.
I wonder if there could be a bolt in the front somewhere I missed?
I just hate to ake it apart again until I fine out where it is. Its so messy when all that PS fluid spills out of the lines while removing the assembly.
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Originally Posted by smask04C5
dave, just a thought, did you reinstall stock damper or aftermarket? have seen aftermarket keyed hub not properly sealed, leak at keyway under flatwasher.
any way you can mount a small digital video camera to take a 2 minute movie of that area? I had a similar instance with a dry sump belt that would harmonic violently and took a small remote camera and mounted near pump, video cables ran to recorder at the helm of the boat.
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I'm thinking that maybe since I tightened the bottom bolts last on the timing cover that is my issue. I'll loosen the others, then tighten the bottom ones first and see how it goes...I hope it's that simple...
Originally Posted by Z06-Dave
Its so messy when all that PS fluid spills out of the lines while removing the assembly.
There is oil in the A/C compressor, are you sure it's engine oil? Have you smelled it to verify?
Edit: One other thought, isn't the A/C compressor disengaged during hard acceleration, if you are not disengaging and running the compressor up to full RPM, I am wondering if you are overpressurizing the seal and blowing out the A/C oil. Why not disconnect the A/C completely (electrically) and see if the problem repeats itself?
