Frank,
I'd bet that hteory is correct. This happened to me on a Lotus (aluminum
flywheel - warps if the sun shines at the wrong angle) - ended up trashing
the thrust washers on the crankshaft. The resulting fore/aft motion of the
crank acted like an oil pump. Sorry I didn't think of it.
BTW, Lotus flywheel list price was $1400 ($670 direct from England,
though), if the painful memory is correct. I've paid less for LBC's in my
life.
Halftime ending - back to the game...
Ron
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> From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Probable Cause
> Date: Sunday, January 25, 1998 7:19 PM
>
> Spridgeteers,
>
> For those following my dilema with the severe oil leak and an almost
daily
> engine pull, I think I may have found the cause.
> Out of balance flywheel, I always prime my flywheels and write down that
> particular engines specs and date of rebuild, etc. the primer on the back
> side was scraped off is 2 spots 180 degees of each other.
> The engine did have a bad vibration at 2500 rpms (in neutral)
> My theroy is that the wobbling flywheel cause the crank to jump around
and
> thus send oil out the rear end.
> Any way that engine and flywheel are no longer in the car, the new
> re-uh-semi-reconditioned is ready to install as soon as the paint drys a
> bit more, like tomorrow after work.
>
> Any other thoughts?
> Whooped flywheel?
> Bent crank?
> Ghosts???
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Seeing all of you at Sprite Rush 98
> For more info on Sprite Rush, the 40th anniversery of the Sprite
> Check out my home page http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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