69MyWay said:
Let's think that oil leak through.
... drips all the time, engine on
Only with the engine running, and then it is a pretty steady trickle from the center of the front of the pan/timing cover area. It drips onto the crossmember and puddles, that's why you see the spread the way it is.
That's only dealing with what's coming from the engine; the rear I'm beginning to wonder about now. If you look at where it's getting on my collectors, it makes you wonder how it got there.
... back of the block
... back of the cam
... rear main
... where the intake meets the block in the rear
... oil sending unit
... valve cover
Nope, nope, nope, nope, and nope. Back of the block was clean and dry when we had it out.
Everything was clean and dry at the time. Still is.
Is the clutch acting funny? It almost looks like you are getting oil in the bell housing and it is slinging it out the clutch linkage/lever hole on the bellhousing an onto the header.
I hope it is not the trans. Considering I just got the same thing for my machine. Is the trans too full?
The clutch does not seem to be affected. It doesn't slip or anything, and I'm not losing hydraulic fluid. I
was low on tranny fluid, but when I filled it while the engine and tranny was out, the tranny was out of the car on its side. I filled it to the prescribed amopunt shown in the Richmond manual - to the level it should be, just where it starts dripping back out of the fill hole, but maybe it wasn't enough. Ya know, come to think of it, it was low when we took it out of the car. Hmmm... I'll be sure to keep an eye on the lube level in the tranny.
I'm positive that I tightened the bolts on the collar and installed the gasket, but then ya never know - I'm an idiot sometimes; I also installed the pan, on an engine stand with the engine upside down. I mean, HOW could I screw that up? :eyerole
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