Oil Leak on engine rebuild

[marcus mcgee]

Well thank you for all the help. Wiped everything down and changed oil
and filter after the trip. I tightend down the valve covers to specs,
they were somewhat loose and started engine. Watched and lo and behold
the leak is at the oil cooler line adapter. It starte to seep out and I
hope that is it. I am about to remove the filter and adapter and
replace the gasket with the one off the folter that I just took off. I
hope this solves the problems.

Does any body have any other suggestions?

Marcus

 

[marcus mcgee]

Just pulled off the remote oil cooler adapter and replaced the gasket. The
old one was a $#%^& to get out because it was as hard as a rock. Probably
the original and was of little or no use as it is so brittle that it cracks
in half like hard plastic. This is probably where I lost my oil on the way
to Marion. It is porbably the 0 cost part (free off the old oil filter)
that cost me $2,600 for the engine, $900 for the rental car and about $300
in travel expense.

Word to the wise, next time you change your filter, change this gasket. It
will only take another 15 minutes and 1 1/4 inch socket to remove the nut
holding the adapter on. Just do it. But make sure you oil cooler lines are
not brittle or you will damage them. If they are that brittle change them
too.

Marcus
(Dumb, but getting smarter and poorer)

> Well thank you for all the help. Wiped everything down and changed oil
> and filter after the trip. I tightend down the valve covers to specs,
> they were somewhat loose and started engine. Watched and lo and behold
> the leak is at the oil cooler line adapter. It starte to seep out and I
> hope that is it. I am about to remove the filter and adapter and
> replace the gasket with the one off the folter that I just took off. I
> hope this solves the problems.
>
> Does any body have any other suggestions?
>
> Marcus

 

[chuck will]

Does any body have any other suggestions?

Yes, check the opening between the oil adapter wher it is bolted up to the
engine. Mine was only about the width of a # 2 screwdriver. This probably
gave a false reading for oil pressure but worse yet it just did not allow
the oil to flow freely. It is now opened up by drilling the opening
larger. Chuck

 

[zachary zehnacker]

Marcus,

Just a thought. We used the new oil filter gasket for the adapter and
used the old filter gasket for the new filter. We figured that we would be
changing the filter again soon anyway, so the gasket didn't need to be as
good as the one for the adapter. The ideal method would probably be to
throw away a new a filter and just use its gasket though.

Zak

>to Marion. It is porbably the 0 cost part (free off the old oil filter)