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Re: oil pan leakage

To: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty990@yahoo.com>, <ckigar@sound.net>,
Subject: Re: oil pan leakage
From: "Patrick Bowen" <pabowen@mediaone.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 20:59:23 -0500
Ryan, now that you said something you will be in for it tomorrow.  and in
order to do a Honda impersonation your Spitfire would have to have no less
than 150 vacuum hoses running around in the engine compartment.

patrick bowen
----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Smith <shmitty990@yahoo.com>
To: <ckigar@sound.net>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 8:31 PM
Subject: re: oil pan leakage


>
> digest lurk mode off:
>
> I dropped my pan back in January to check my thrust
> washers.  All looked good when I put the pan back on, but a
> 30 min drive made a small stream of hot oil pour out of the
> block.  I had to go back to school so i left the car like
> that until this week (spring break).  Crawled back under
> there to see that the pan was leaking from the back near
> the bell housing.  Fear of stripping the block had
> prevented me from tightening down all the bolts enough.
> Gave them all a good turn and no more leak.  In fact it
> doesn't leak at ALL anymore.  I'm amazed and wondering if
> my car is still British.  I kept looking all week but no
> drops of oil on the floor. I guess that's a good thing but
> now I think the Spit is hiding something from me.
>
> Ryan Smith
> 72 Emerald Green Spitfire doing a Honda impersonation
>
> digest lurk mode on
>



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