All these leaks. So many leaks. Driving me MAD!
07-06-2015, 09:23 PM
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Drifting
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All these leaks. So many leaks. Driving me MAD!
I spent all winter installing my new 468. After some trouble, I finally have it dialed in and running fine.
Thats when the leaks started.
First, it was an innocuous drop of oil....then a drip of coolant....then a fluid that seemed to come from my power steering area.....
All of the leaks are small. Just enough that I have to crawl up under the fenders and suspension with a flashlight and mirror and stick my head up the neither regions of my Corvette.
Now I know, to many of you, this is just a nuance. Considered that Big Blocks 'mark their territory' by leaking the way a Alpha dog pees on your mail box.
Well, it DRIVES ME MAD! I get crazy paranoid that the coolant leak is going to burst open at any minute and leave me stranded...hot coolant now being chemically bonded and eroding every freshly painted surface on my engine. Im afraid that the oil leak is going to saturate the entire bottom side of my car, causing further undercarriage exploration impossible.
Am I the ONLY one who has an incurable OCD to track down and repair ANY leak, no matter of its significance, if for nothing other than cosmetics????
I hate having this Corvette sickness.
Thats when the leaks started.
First, it was an innocuous drop of oil....then a drip of coolant....then a fluid that seemed to come from my power steering area.....
All of the leaks are small. Just enough that I have to crawl up under the fenders and suspension with a flashlight and mirror and stick my head up the neither regions of my Corvette.
Now I know, to many of you, this is just a nuance. Considered that Big Blocks 'mark their territory' by leaking the way a Alpha dog pees on your mail box.
Well, it DRIVES ME MAD! I get crazy paranoid that the coolant leak is going to burst open at any minute and leave me stranded...hot coolant now being chemically bonded and eroding every freshly painted surface on my engine. Im afraid that the oil leak is going to saturate the entire bottom side of my car, causing further undercarriage exploration impossible.
Am I the ONLY one who has an incurable OCD to track down and repair ANY leak, no matter of its significance, if for nothing other than cosmetics????
I hate having this Corvette sickness.
07-07-2015, 01:15 AM
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my 454 doesn't leak..in 35 years never heard that before that bb's mark their turf....I have had my biker buds say harleys mark their turf...mine didnt, I have heard my vw friends say vw's mark their turf mine didnt, 
I believe that "mark their turf" is just an cute excuse for leaks....
I believe that "mark their turf" is just an cute excuse for leaks....
07-07-2015, 01:45 AM
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Drifting
Go back and try tightening everything valve cover,oil pan,water pump,hose clamp everything you can think of. Like you said it is a new engine. The heating up and cooling down from the engine will calls with nuts and bolts to be loose.
07-07-2015, 03:58 AM
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OCD with leaks
I spent all winter installing my new 468. After some trouble, I finally have it dialed in and running fine.
Thats when the leaks started.
First, it was an innocuous drop of oil....then a drip of coolant....then a fluid that seemed to come from my power steering area.....
All of the leaks are small. Just enough that I have to crawl up under the fenders and suspension with a flashlight and mirror and stick my head up the neither regions of my Corvette.
Now I know, to many of you, this is just a nuance. Considered that Big Blocks 'mark their territory' by leaking the way a Alpha dog pees on your mail box.
Well, it DRIVES ME MAD! I get crazy paranoid that the coolant leak is going to burst open at any minute and leave me stranded...hot coolant now being chemically bonded and eroding every freshly painted surface on my engine. Im afraid that the oil leak is going to saturate the entire bottom side of my car, causing further undercarriage exploration impossible.
Am I the ONLY one who has an incurable OCD to track down and repair ANY leak, no matter of its significance, if for nothing other than cosmetics????
I hate having this Corvette sickness.
Thats when the leaks started.
First, it was an innocuous drop of oil....then a drip of coolant....then a fluid that seemed to come from my power steering area.....
All of the leaks are small. Just enough that I have to crawl up under the fenders and suspension with a flashlight and mirror and stick my head up the neither regions of my Corvette.
Now I know, to many of you, this is just a nuance. Considered that Big Blocks 'mark their territory' by leaking the way a Alpha dog pees on your mail box.
Well, it DRIVES ME MAD! I get crazy paranoid that the coolant leak is going to burst open at any minute and leave me stranded...hot coolant now being chemically bonded and eroding every freshly painted surface on my engine. Im afraid that the oil leak is going to saturate the entire bottom side of my car, causing further undercarriage exploration impossible.
Am I the ONLY one who has an incurable OCD to track down and repair ANY leak, no matter of its significance, if for nothing other than cosmetics????
I hate having this Corvette sickness.
I Hate them I pulled my oil pan off for maybe 5 drips a hour, the cause was from a one peice oil pan gasket that had been cut and fitting to the timing cover. Another time on a 91 Bronco I pulled the upper intake manifold to change the valve cover gaskets so you are not alone.
But as one other person said re tighten all the bolts/nuts I use a 1/4 ratchet so I dont over tighten them.
07-07-2015, 07:31 AM
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07-07-2015, 11:50 AM
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The oil appears to be from a slight rear main..slight leak though, just a few drops a day. I can live with that.
My gearbox also has a dribbel or two.....Im not fussing with that.
There is another leak that keeps appearing just below the power steering components....but I cannot for the life of me see anything thats leaking.
The coolant.....oh, the coolant.....1) the overflow tube needs to be brazed again and 2) the lower hose, the connector that joints both hoses (2 piece design) is badly pitted and I think its not sealing correctly.
And while Im at it.....what the hell is this fuel leak coming out of the front of my Q-jet? Theres some kind of plug, facing forward, that seems to be weeping trace amounts into my freshly painted manifold.
(Its NOT the fuel filter inlet)
My gearbox also has a dribbel or two.....Im not fussing with that.
There is another leak that keeps appearing just below the power steering components....but I cannot for the life of me see anything thats leaking.
The coolant.....oh, the coolant.....1) the overflow tube needs to be brazed again and 2) the lower hose, the connector that joints both hoses (2 piece design) is badly pitted and I think its not sealing correctly.
And while Im at it.....what the hell is this fuel leak coming out of the front of my Q-jet? Theres some kind of plug, facing forward, that seems to be weeping trace amounts into my freshly painted manifold.
(Its NOT the fuel filter inlet)