Stupid oil leak...
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From: Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position.... DFW, TX
St. Jude Donor '05
Stupid oil leak...
Jacked the car up this weekend to re-install the balancer bolt that had walked out on me. I swear I used Loctite (Blue), but I'll be d@mned if every single bolt (all nine of them) weren't loose. WTF? 
One of the bolts is toast, but the rest are fine. Re-loctitied them and torqued em down. Cleaned the front of the engine and restarted the car to see if I could locate the oil leak. After about five minutes, there appeared a small dribble of oil down the driver's side of the crank seal.
It came from above.
Sonofa.... I really hope it's the intake manifold or the WP seal. I don't think I can handle another friggin' Opti R&R.
especially since the ATI hub is too big for the Opti- the whole thing has to come off. 
One of the bolts is toast, but the rest are fine. Re-loctitied them and torqued em down. Cleaned the front of the engine and restarted the car to see if I could locate the oil leak. After about five minutes, there appeared a small dribble of oil down the driver's side of the crank seal.
It came from above.
Sonofa.... I really hope it's the intake manifold or the WP seal. I don't think I can handle another friggin' Opti R&R.
especially since the ATI hub is too big for the Opti- the whole thing has to come off.
Thread Starter
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Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 36,453
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From: Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position.... DFW, TX
St. Jude Donor '05
You ain't kidding!
BTW- still waiting on the "thrust nut" for the puller from K-M. The puller rod came in last week.
BTW- still waiting on the "thrust nut" for the puller from K-M. The puller rod came in last week.
